Yan Yi (嚴郢) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan Yi as an administrator and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yan Yi	嚴郢	Yan Ying
Personal name	Yan Yi	嚴郢	Yán Yǐng
Given	Yi	郢

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:131:s0068

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建中初 · Western Year: AD 780
Explicit · jiutangshu:131:s0068

Family

Kin of Wang Yi (王翊)
Kinship Term: nephew by marriage / 甥婿 · Subject Role: nephew-in-law · Object Role: uncle-by-marriage

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 4 passages

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建中初，楊炎執政，以京兆尹嚴郢威名稍著，心欲傾之。 Early in Jianzhong, Yang Yan held power; Yan Yi, metropolitan governor of Jingzhao, was growing in renown, and Yan wished to bring him down.

郢，即王翊甥婿也。 Yi was Wang Yi's nephew by marriage.

休與王氏離絕之時，炎風聞休、郢有隙，遂擢休自流人為京兆少尹，俾令伺郢過失。 When Xiu had broken with the Wang family, Yan heard that Xiu and Yi were at odds; he therefore promoted Xiu from exile to Vice Metropolitan Governor of Jingzhao, ordering him to watch for Yi's faults.

休既職久，與郢親善，炎怒之，奏令以本官兼御史中丞，奉使回紇。 After Xiu had long been in office he became close to Yi; Yan was angry and memorialized that he should retain his post while also serving as Vice Censor-in-Chief on an embassy to the Uighurs.