Overview
Yan Yuanming was an administrator.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 481 太和五年Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 72, 74
- AD 481 to AD 499 太和五年及其後母亡Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 79-80
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Yan Yuanming (閻元明之母)mother 母Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 76
- Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 81
- Kinship Role parents · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 75
Career and standing
- Administrator of Beisui Commandery 北隨郡太守Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 太和五年 · Western Year: AD 481Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 74
- Gate of Filial Piety 孝門DesignatedDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 79
- exemption from taxes and corvée 復其租調兵役GrantedDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 79
- GrantedLeave to remain at home · Until mother's deathDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 79
Places and affiliations
- Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 74
- At Anyi in Hedong 河東安邑Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 72
- At Anyi 安邑 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 72
- At Beisui Commandery 北隨郡 · Relation Posted to · From Source Date: Text: 太和五年 · Western Year: AD 481Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 74
Events and relationships
- Appealed to return and care for motherDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 77
- Inner grief after formal mourningDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 80
- Reunion restored mother sightDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 78
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment profoundly filial from youth; brothers harmonious; content in poverty · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 73, 81
References in the histories
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