Yan Jun (顏竣) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan Jun as a family member, military officer, official, and writer. This record brings together 10 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 Jun	顏竣	Yán Jùn
Given name	Jun	竣	Jùn
Surname	Yan	顏	Yán
Personal name	Yan Jun	顏竣	Yán Jùn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · songshu:073:s0294

Roles

Family Member
Military Officer
Official
Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 世祖登阼 · Western Year: AD 453
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:073:s0301, songshu:073:s0302
Source Date: Text: 元凶弒立 · Western Year: AD 453
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:073:s0293, songshu:073:s0294, songshu:073:s0295

Family

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Child of Yan Yanzhi (顏延年)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1
Sibling of Yan Ce (顏測)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 2
Sibling of Fu (㚟)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 3

Career and standing

Label: Consulting Colonel of the Southern Staff / 南中郎諮議參軍 · Action: held
Explicit · songshu:073:s0294
Status: powerful-minister · Action: held
Explicit · songshu:073:s0302

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: served
Explicit · songshu:073:s0294

Learning and skills

Skill: calligraphy/brush style / 筆體 · Level: recognizable
Explicit · songshu:073:s0297

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: conspirator-and-author · Action: joined-secret-plans-and-drafted-proclamations
Explicit · songshu:073:s0295

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: drafting-proclamations-against-usurper-abandoned-father · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · songshu:073:s0321
Item: mansion / 宅 · Relation: built
Explicit · songshu:073:s0306

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi · 10 passages

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先是，子竣為世祖南中郎諮議參軍。 Earlier, his son Yan Jun had been Consulting Colonel on the Southern Staff of Emperor Xiaowu.

及義師入討，竣參定密謀，兼造書檄。 When the righteous army marched to punish the usurper, Jun took part in the secret plans and also drafted the proclamations.

劭召延之，示以檄文，問曰：「此筆誰所造﹖」延之曰：「竣之筆也。」 Shao summoned Yanzhi, showed him the proclamation, and asked, "Whose hand wrote this?" Yanzhi said, "My son Jun's hand."

又問：「何以知之﹖」延之曰：「竣筆體，臣不容不識。」 He asked again, "How do you know?" Yanzhi said, "Jun's style of writing—your servant could not fail to know it."

延之曰：「竣尚不顧老父，何能為陛下。」 Yanzhi said, "Jun does not even care for his aged father—how could he serve Your Majesty?"

子竣既貴重，權傾一朝，凡所資供，延之一無所受，器服不改，宅宇如舊。 When his son Jun rose to power and swayed the court, Yanzhi accepted none of the provisions sent him; his furnishings and dress stayed as they were, his house unchanged.

常乘羸牛笨車，逢竣鹵簿，即屏往道側。 He often rode a scrawny ox in a plain cart; whenever he met Jun's guard of honor, he would pull aside to the edge of the road.

常語竣曰：「平生不喜見要人，今不幸見汝。」 He often told Jun, "All my life I have hated meeting the powerful—now, unhappily, I meet you."

竣起宅，謂曰：「善為之，無令後人笑汝拙也。」 When Jun built a mansion, he told him, "Build it well—do not let posterity laugh at your lack of taste."

竣別有傳。 Jun has a separate biography.