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Overview The translated histories identify Yan An as a named individual and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
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Yan An
嚴安
Yan An
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An
安
An
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嚴
Yan
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安
An
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Historicity Historical
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Book of Han, Chapter 74 Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 · 4 passages
卷六十四上 嚴朱吾丘主父徐嚴終王賈傳 第三十三上
Chapter 64a: Biographies of Yan Zhu, Zhu Maichen, Wuqiu Shouwang, Zhufu Yan, Xu Le, Yan An, Zhong Jun, Wang Bao, and Jia Yi (part one).
後得朱買臣、吾丘壽王、司馬相如、主父偃、徐樂嚴安、東方朔、枚皋、膠倉、終軍、嚴蔥奇等，並在左右。
He soon gathered Zhu Maichen, Wuqiu Shouwang, Sima Xiangru, Zhufu Yan, Xu Le, Yan An, Dongfang Shuo, Mei Gao, Jiao Cang, Zhong Jun, Yan Congqi, and the rest in his inner circle.
是時，徐樂、嚴安亦俱上書言世務。
About the same time Xu Le and Yan An also filed memorials on state affairs.
乃拜偃、樂、安皆為郎中。
He named Zhufu Yan, Xu Le, and Yan An gentlemen-of-the-household on the spot.
Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 4 passages
卷六十四下 嚴朱吾丘主父徐嚴終王賈傳 第三十三下
Volume 64b, Part Two: biographies of Yan An, Zhu Mai Chen, Wuqiu Shouwang, Zhufu Yan, Xu Le, Yan Cang, Zhong Jun, Wang Bao, and Jia Yi—the thirty-third set of biographies, lower scroll.
嚴安者，臨菑人也。
Yan An came from Linzi.
後以安為騎馬令。
Afterward Yan An was appointed Master of the Imperial Horse.
究觀淮南、捐之、主父、嚴安之義，深切著明，故備論其語。
The arguments of the Huainan faction, of Jia Juanzhi, of Zhufu Yan, and of Yan An repay close reading: they are trenchant, lucid, and morally plain, which is why this chapter records their words at such length.
Book of Han, Chapter 76 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo · 1 passage
是時，朝廷多賢材，上復問朔：「方今公孫丞相，兒大夫、董仲舒、夏侯始昌、司馬相如、吾丘壽王、主父偃、硃買臣、嚴助、汲黯、膠倉、終軍、嚴安、徐樂、司馬遷之倫，皆辯知閎達，溢於文辭，先生自視，何與比哉？」
The court at that time teemed with talent, and the emperor pressed Shuo again: "Consider Chancellor Gongsun Hong, Censor-in-Chief Er Kuan, Dong Zhongshu, Xiahou Shichang, Sima Xiangru, Wuqiu Shouwang, Zhufu Yan, Zhu Maichen, Yan Zhu, Ji An, Jiao Cang, Zhong Jun, Yan An, Xu Le, Sima Qian, and men of that stamp. They are learned, articulate, and prolific writers. How do you measure yourself against such company?"