Overview
The translated histories identify Yan Song as an official and statesman. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yan Song | 嚴嵩 | Yan Song |
| Given | Song | 嵩 | Song |
| Surname | Yan | 嚴 | Yan |
| Personal name | Yan Song | 嚴嵩 | Yan Song |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:065:s0347
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Age
- Age: 80 · Reckoning: sui · Statement: 年及八旬 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉靖間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1522 · End: AD 1566Explicit · mingshi:065:s0347
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十七年 · Western Year: AD 1538Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:115:s0145, mingshi:115:s0143
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十八年四月 · Western Year: AD 1539Explicit · mingshi:115:s0162
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1522 · End: AD 1566Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:065:s0347
Career and standing
- Label: Minister of Rites / 禮部尚書 · Action: heldExplicit · mingshi:115:s0145
- Status: special-palanquin-privilege · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉靖間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1522 · End: AD 1566Explicit · mingshi:065:s0347
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · mingshi:065:s0347
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: appointee · Action: ordered-to-serve-at-imperial-park · Other Person Id: Jiajing Emperor · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉靖間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1522 · End: AD 1566Explicit · mingshi:065:s0347
- Kind: ritual · Role: beneficiary · Action: permitted-shoulder-litter-when-coming-and-going · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉靖間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1522 · End: AD 1566Explicit · mingshi:065:s0347
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: privilege not according to regulation · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:065:s0347, mingshi:065:s0349
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · mingshi:065:s0347
References in the histories
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