Overview
Yan Li was an official and Military Officer.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Yuanming | 元明 | Yuánmíng |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 809 元和四年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 227
Attested activity
- AD 809 元和四年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 227-229
- AD 806 劉辟反Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 225
- AD 783 德宗之幸Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 218
Family
- Kin of Yan Zhen (嚴震)younger paternal cousin 從祖弟 · paternal lineDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 215
Career and standing
- Acting Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 檢校尚書左僕射AD 806 劉辟反 · AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 225
- Military Governor of East River 節度東川AD 806 劉辟反 · AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 225
- Captain of Xuanwu 玄武尉AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 216
- Guard Officer 牙將AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 217
- Military Governor of the Circuit 本道節度使AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 221-222
- Acting head of remaining prefectural affairs 權主留府事HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 221
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- Administrator of Xing Prefecture 興州刺史HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 220
- Minister of Works 司空AD 809 元和四年 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 227
- malign posthumous title 惡謚AD 809 元和四年 · Requested but not granted · Negated true · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yuan Zhen (元稹)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 228-229
- Court ordered return of seized lands houses slaves and remitted extralegal leviesAD 809 元和四年 · Posthumous property restitutionDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 229
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 216, 221, 225
- At East River 東川 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 225
- At Xingzhou 興州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 220
- At Xuanwu 玄武 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 216
Learning and skills
- Belief Buddhism 浮屠法 · Relation Practitioner ofDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 216
Events and relationships
- Confiscated properties and levied extralegal taxesExaction · PerpetratorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 226
- Falsely memorializedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 224
- Held longstanding stores during Liu Pi rebellionDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 225
- Supervised provisions during imperial flightDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 218
- Relation Protege of · Person Yan Zhen (嚴震)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 221
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Yan Zhen (嚴震)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 217
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- Relation Rival of · Person Ma Xun (馬勛)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 224
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment greedy, grasping, and opportunistic · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 223
- Assessment qualifications shallow and scholarly esteem light; unfit for military commission · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 222
- Assessment rash, scheming, and reliant on sycophantic cleverness · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 219
- Item more than a hundred residences and fields 吏民田宅百餘所 · Relation SeizedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 226
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 215
References in the histories
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