Qin and Han · Hermit

Yan Guang 严光

Yán Guāng

Attested AD 25 - AD 41

Passages
12
Chapters
1
Histories
1

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.

RolesHermit

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
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 Zūn
Courtesy name Ziling 子陵 Zǐlíng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Hermit

Life and dates

Death

Age

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Events and relationships

Source notes

  • From: Yan Guang / 严光 · To: changed name and surname / 变名姓

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 12 passages