Overview
Yan Xian was an official.
Life and dates
Death
- ExecutedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 117, passages 51, 131
Attested activity
- AD 125 延光四年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 116, passage 106; Book of Later Han 117, passages 49-50
- AD 125 順帝既立Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 38, passage 145
Family
- Sibling of Empress Dowager Yan (阎太后)brothers 兄弟Directly stated · Book of Later Han 117, passage 50
- Sibling of Empress Yan (阎皇后)empress's elder brother 皇后兄Directly stated · Book of Later Han 116, passage 106
- Kinship Role brothers · Count 2 · Yan Xian and brothers managed affairs; later executedStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 117, passages 50-51, 131
- Kinship Role brothers · 阎显兄弟 · Quantity unknownDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 116, passage 106
Key source chapters
Events and relationships
- Colluded withDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 145
- Relation Ally of · Person Jiang Jing (江京)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 145
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 145
References in the histories
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