Qin and Han · Governor of Henan

Yuan An 袁安

Yuán Ān

Attested AD 82 - c. AD 85

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan An as an official and statesman. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuan An 袁安 Yuán Ān
Given An An
Surname Yuan Yuan
Personal name Yuan An 袁安 Yuan An

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Statement: reported auspicious grain at Lu Gong's office

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: official · Action: refrained-from-torture-for-embezzlement · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Kind: investigation · Role: commissioner · Action: sent Fei Qin to verify Zhongmou's reported omens · Other Person Id: Fei Qin (肥親)

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: never tortured men for embezzlement, yet none dared offend · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 28Volume 25: Biography of Zhuo, Lu, Wei, Liu · 3 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 1 passage