Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Yan 衍

Attested BC 196

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 196 漢十一年秋
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 84

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zang Tu (臧荼)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 84

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Sheng (張勝)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passages 84-89

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 93Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan · 5 passages

張勝至胡，故燕王臧茶子衍出亡在胡，見張勝曰：「公所以重於燕者，以習胡事也。 When Zhang Sheng reached the Xiongnu lands, Yan, the son of the former King of Yan Zang Tu, who had fled and was living among the Xiongnu, met him and said: 'The reason you are valued in Yan is that you understand the affairs of the northern peoples.

燕所以久存者，以諸侯數反，兵連不決也。 The reason Yan has survived so long is that the various lords have frequently rebelled, keeping the armies tied down without a decisive resolution.

今公為燕欲急滅豨等，豨等已盡，次亦至燕，公等亦且為虜矣。 Now you act on Yan's behalf, eager to destroy Chen Xi and his allies. But once they are finished, the court will turn its attention to Yan, and you and the others will become prisoners.

公何不令燕且緩陳豨而與胡和？ Why not have Yan ease up on the campaign against Chen Xi and make peace with the Xiongnu?

事寬，得長王燕； If the situation relaxes, you can remain king of Yan for a long time.