Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Writer and Scholar

Yan Yan 顏延

Attested AD 430 - AD 450

Passages
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Chapters
1
Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Yan Yan as a scholar and writer. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yan Yan 顏延 Yan Yan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 宋元嘉中 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Interval: Start: AD 430 · End: AD 450
    Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0049

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Work: stone epitaph for Wang Qiu / 王球石誌 · Relation: author
    Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0049

References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 · 1 passage