Qin and Han · Aristocrat and Family Member

Yan

Yàn

Attested BC 7 - BC 5

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan as an aristocrat and family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yan Yàn
Title Marquis Kongxiang 孔鄉侯
Descriptive kinship the Empress's father 皇后父
Personal Yan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 建平二年 · Western Year: BC 5
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0100
  • Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0036

Family

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  • Parent of Empress Fu (傅氏)
    Kinship Term: empress's father / 皇后父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter

Career and standing

  • Title: Marquis Kongxiang / 孔鄉侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 綏和二年 · Western Year: BC 7
    Explicit · hanshu:012:s0036
  • Status: guilty · Action: fief-reduced · Fraction: 1/4 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建平二年 · Western Year: BC 5

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 3 passages