Overview
The translated histories identify Yan Xian as an aristocrat, official, and royal family member. 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 Xian | 阎显 | Yan Xian |
| Given | Xian | 显 | |
| Surname | Yan | 阎 | |
| Personal name | Yan Xian | 阎显 | Yan Xian |
| Personal name | Yan Xian | 阎显 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0106, houhanshu:117:s0050
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Official
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: executedExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0051, houhanshu:117:s0131
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 延光四年 · Western Year: AD 125
Family
- Sibling of Empress Dowager Yan (阎太后)Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: brother · Parentage: biological
- Sibling of Empress Yan (阎皇后)Kinship Term: empress's elder brother / 皇后兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 2 · Note: Yan Xian and brothers managed affairs; later executed
- Kinship Role: brothers · Note: 阎显兄弟 · Quantity: unknownExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0106
References in the histories
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