Ancient China · Philosopher and Scholar

Yan Hui 復聖

Fusheng

Attested BC 521 - BC 481

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan Hui was a Philosopher and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 521 to BC 481 復聖 / 顏子 (Spring and Autumn life of Yan Hui)
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 284, passages 139-140

Family

Ancestor of Chi (池)
fifty-seventh-generation descendant 五十七代孫 · paternal line · 57 generations
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 140
Ancestor of Yan Xihui (顏希惠)
fifty-ninth-generation descendant 五十九代孫 · paternal line · 59 generations
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 139

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 284Volume 284 Biographies 172: Confucian Scholars 3 · 2 passages

顏希惠，復聖五十九代孫也。 Yan Xihui was a fifty-ninth-generation descendant of Yan Hui, the Sage of Return.

洪武初，以顏子五十七代孫池為宣德府學教授。 Early in the Hongwu reign, Chi, fifty-seventh in descent from Yan Hui, was appointed instructor at the Xuande prefectural school.