Ancient China · Aristocrat

Yan Jin 晉

Jin

Attested c. BC 468 - BC 453

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan Jin was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 468 to BC 453 晉荀瑤伐鄭
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 75, passages 81-82

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yan Zhuoju (顏涿聚)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 81

Career and standing

this settlement 是邑
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 82

Places and affiliations

Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passages 81-82

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 75Volume 68: Biographies of Guo, Fu, Xu · 1 passage

召顏涿聚之子晉，曰：『隰之役，而父死焉，以國之多難，未汝恤也。 He called in Yan Jin, son of Yan Zhuoju: 『Your father fell at Xi; the realm was in such turmoil we never properly honored his sacrifice.