Sui and Tang · Official

Yan Yue 顏悅

Yán Yuè

Attested AD 841 - AD 846

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan Yue was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 846 宣宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 119
AD 841 to AD 846 會昌時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passages 112, 115

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of Yan Yue (顏悅女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 112
Spouse of Wang (王)
wife 妻
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 115

Career and standing

Qingzhou yamen officer 青州衙推
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 115
old gentry family 故士族
Gentry
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 119

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 115

Assessments and attributes

Assessment was of gentry stock, not a liable commoner · Mode allegation Speaker Wu Runa (吳汝納)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 119

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 112

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu · 3 passages

部人訟湘受贓狼籍，身娶民顏悅女。 People in the district accused Xiang of rampant corruption and of marrying the daughter of Yan Yue, a commoner.

諫官屢論列，詔遣御史崔元藻覆按，元藻言湘盜用程糧錢有狀，娶部人女不實，按悅嘗為青州衙推，而妻王故衣冠女，不應坐。 Remonstrance officials protested repeatedly until Censor Cui Yuanzao was sent to reinvestigate; he found Xiang had misused transport funds, that the charge of marrying a commoner's daughter was false—Yue had been a Qingzhou yamen officer and his wife Wang came from an official family and was not liable.

且言：「顏悅故士族，湘罪皆不當死，紳枉殺之。」 They also said: "Yan Yue was of gentry stock; none of Xiang's offenses warranted death; Shen murdered him unjustly."