Yan Hui (顏回) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan Hui as a scholar and student. This record brings together 5 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 Hui	顏回	Yan Hui
Title	Lord of Yan	兗國公
Alternate name	Yan	顏
Personal name	Yan Hui	顏回
Alternate name	Yanzi	顏子

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jinshi:035:s0249

Roles

Scholar
Student

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大定十四年 · Western Year: AD 1174
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:035:s0246, jinshi:035:s0249
Source Date: Text: 承安二年 · Western Year: AD 1197
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:035:s0048

Events and relationships

Relation: student-of · Person Id: Confucius (孔子)
Explicit · jinshi:035:s0249, jinshi:035:s0032

References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 35Volume 35 Treatises 16: Rites 8: Consecration of Shrines to a Sages; Temple to the Warrior King Cheng of Zhou; Monarchs of Past Ages; Halls to Various Spirits in Changbai Shan, Dafang Shan, Amur River, Jia Yin Hou; Spirits of the Lu River; Spirits of Zhao Yin Shun; Spirits of Zhen an Gong, Rui Shen Gongl; Worshipping, Sacrifices, Vists, and State Ceremonies at Zhen Xian Jun Wang Temple · 5 passages

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兼兗國公親承聖教者也，鄒國公功扶聖教者也，當于宣聖像左右列之。 Moreover, the Lord of Yan personally received the sage's teaching, and the Lord of Zou by merit supported the sage's teaching—they should be set to the left and right of the image of the Sagely Proclaimed One.

今孟子以燕服在後堂，宣聖像側還虛一位，禮宜遷孟子像于宣聖右，與顏子相對，改塑冠冕，妝飾法服，一遵舊制。」 Now Mencius, in everyday dress, is in the rear hall; beside the image of the Sagely Proclaimed One one place still stands empty; by ritual Mencius's image ought to be moved to the right of the Sagely Proclaimed One, facing Yanzi across from him, with crowns and caps remolded and ritual robes adorned, all following the old regulations."

禮官參酌唐《開元禮》，定擬釋奠儀數：文宣王、兗國公、鄒國公每位籩豆各十、犧尊一、象尊一、簠簋各二、俎二、祝板各一、皆設案。 Drawing on the Tang dynasty's Kaiyuan Rites, the ritual officers laid down the prescribed offerings for the Confucian libation: Confucius as Cultured Sagely King, Yan Hui as Lord of Yan, and Mencius as Lord of Zou each received ten bian and ten dou vessels, one sacrificial wine vessel, one elephant-decorated vessel, two fu and gui grain stands, two meat boards, and one prayer tablet apiece, all arranged on dedicated tables.

兗國公酌獻，姑洗宮《輯甯之曲》，辭曰：「聖師之門，顏惟居上。 For the Lord of Yan's offering pour, the "Song of Gathered Peace" in the Guxian mode was sung; its words run: "At the Sagely Master's gate, Yan alone stands foremost.

宣宗遷汴，建廟會朝門內，歲祀如儀，宣聖、顏、孟各羊一、豕一，餘同小祀，共用羊八，無豕。 When Emperor Xuanzong moved the capital to Bian, a temple was built inside the Gate of Assembly, and annual sacrifices followed the established regulations. Confucius, Yan Hui, and Mencius each received one sheep and one pig; the remainder followed the minor sacrifice format, eight sheep in all and no pigs.