Qin and Han · Official and Scholar

Yan Pengzu 嚴彭祖

Attested BC 74 - BC 48

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan Pengzu as an official, scholar, and teacher. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yan Pengzu 嚴彭祖 Yan Pengzu
Title Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent 太子太傅 Taizi Taifu
Personal Pengzu 彭祖 Pengzu
Surname Yan Yan
Personal name Yan Pengzu 嚴彭祖 Yan Pengzu
Personal name Yan Pengzu Yan Pengzu
Surname Yan
Given 彭祖 Pengzu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: advanced through Confucian learning (儒術) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
  • Assessment: had achievements recounted in their age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 126Volume 115: Officials Part Two · 1 passage