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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 严 | Yan |
| Personal name | Yan Pengzu | 嚴彭祖 | Yan Pengzu |
| Personal name | Yan Pengzu | 严 | Yan Pengzu |
| Surname | 嚴 | Yan | |
| Given | 彭祖 | Pengzu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:068:s0260
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Teacher
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 孝宣承統 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 48Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
- Source Date: Text: 宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:126:s0030, houhanshu:126:s0033
Career and standing
- Label: classical school founder / 经氏之师Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0030
- Text: 太子太傅 · Text En: Grand Tutor to the Heir ApparentExplicit · hanshu:102:s0356
Places and affiliations
- Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0260
Events and relationships
- Type: younger-brother-of · Person Local Id: Yan Yannian (嚴延年)Explicit · hanshu:102:s0356
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: advanced through Confucian learning (儒術) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0260
- Assessment: had achievements recounted in their age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0260
References in the histories
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