Yan 琰

Other names

Family

• Sibling of Ji (璣)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 97

• Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 101

Career and standing

• Erudite of the Imperial Academy 太學博士
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 93
• Gentleman of the Southern Bureau for Guests in the Masters of Writing 尚書南主客郎
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 93
• Rectifier of Yingzhou 瀛州中正
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 93
• Governor of Yingzhou 瀛州刺史
  AD 532 to AD 534 永熙中 · Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 96
• Vice Director of the Right in the Masters of Writing 尚書右僕射
  AD 532 to AD 534 永熙中 · Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 96
• Governor of Cangzhou 滄州刺史
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 95

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passage 94

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment capable and effective in office · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 92
• Assessment open and unpretentious; associated with leading scholars · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 101

Source notes

• Introduced as grandson (孫琰) in the genealogy; packet English 'Sun Yan' wrongly treats 孫 as a surname.
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 92