Qin and Han · Official

Yan Cang 燕倉

Yān Cāng

Attested BC 80

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan Cang as an aristocrat and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yan Cang 燕倉 Yān Cāng
Given Cang
Personal name Yan Cang 燕倉
Personal Yan Cang 燕倉 Yan Cang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元鳳元年 · Western Year: BC 80
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:008:s0091

Career and standing

  • Title: marquis / 列侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鳳元年冬十月 · Western Year: BC 80
    Explicit · hanshu:008:s0093

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: informer · Action: first discovered the plot · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元鳳元年 · Western Year: BC 80
    Explicit · hanshu:008:s0091

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 8Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao · 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage