Overview
The translated histories identify Yan Guang as a hermit. This record brings together 12 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yan Guang | 严光 | Yán Guāng |
| Personal name | Yan Guang | 严光 | Yán Guāng |
| Alternate name | Yan Ziling | 严子陵 | Yán Zǐlíng |
| Alternate name | Yan Zun | 遵 | Zūn |
| Courtesy name | Ziling | 子陵 | Zǐlíng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0113
Roles
- Hermit
Life and dates
Death
- Place: at home / 家Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0145
Age
- Age: 80 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0145
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 光武即位 · Western Year: AD 25Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 建武十七年 · Western Year: AD 41Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0144
Career and standing
- Label: remonstrance counselor / 谏议大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0143
- Status: refused-office · Action: declinedExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0143
Places and affiliations
- Place: Yuyao in Kuaiji / 会稽余姚Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0113
- Place: Mount Fuchun / 富春山 · Relation: farmed-atExplicit · houhanshu:094:s0143
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0126, houhanshu:094:s0127
Events and relationships
- Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0130, houhanshu:094:s0131
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝)Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0114
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Hou Ba (侯霸)Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0122
Source notes
- From: Yan Guang / 严光 · To: changed name and surname / 变名姓Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0115
References in the histories
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