Zhao Yan 赵彦

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Strongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0054

Roles

• Diviner
• Strategist

Places and affiliations

• Place: Langye commandery / 琅邪 · Relation: native-of
  Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0054

Learning and skills

• Action: studied · Life Stage: youth · Subjects: the occult arts / 术学
  Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0055
• Skill: the 'solitary and void' method and the Dunjia cycle / 孤虚、遁甲 · Level: expert
  Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0059, houhanshu:093:s0061

Works and attributed material

• Kind: military-advice · Role: author · Other Person Id: Zong Zi (宗资) · Status: paraphrased · Summary: expounded the 'solitary and void' method: since the bandits were encamped at Ju, in the territory of the five yangs, troops from the five yang commanderies should strike from solitude into void · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延熹三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Reign Name: 延熹 · Western Year: AD 160
  Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0059

Events and relationships

• Kind: military · Role: strategist and diviner · Action: worked the Dunjia cycle and taught the army when to advance · Outcome: one battle broke the bandits, their stockades were burned and Xu and Yan provinces were pacified at a stroke · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延熹三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Reign Name: 延熹 · Western Year: AD 160
  Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0061
• Relation: adviser-of · Person Id: Zong Zi (宗资) · Description: supplied Zong Zi with the divinatory plan and the timing of the attack
  Explicit · houhanshu:093:s0059, houhanshu:093:s0061