Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Administrator

Yin Ya 尹雅

Attested AD 417

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yin Ya was an administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 417 王師漸逼
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 119, passage 161

Career and standing

Hongnong Grand Administrator 弘農太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passages 161, 171
General Who Calms the North 甯朔
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 161

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Qin 後秦 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 120
At Tong Pass 潼關 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 171
At Tong Pass 潼關 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 161

Events and relationships

Killed guards and fled
Military · Escapee · At Tong Pass 潼關
Directly stated · Book of Jin 119, passage 171

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 119Volume 119 Records 19: Yao Hong · 2 passages

姚贊聞恢漸逼，留甯朔尹雅為弘農太守，守潼關，率諸軍還長安。 Yao Zan rushed back from Tong Pass, leaving Yin Ya to hold the river.

毛德祖攻弘農太守尹雅于蠡城，眾潰，德祖使騎追獲之，既而殺晉守者奔固潼關。 Mao Dezu attacked Hongnong Grand Administrator Yin Ya at Li city; the host broke and Dezu's cavalry seized him; afterward Yin Ya killed the Jin guards and fled to hold Tong Pass.