Five Dynasties · Official and Courtier

Zhao Yan 趙岩

Zhào Yán

Died AD 923

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Yan was an official and Courtier.

Life and dates

Death

AD 923 同光元年冬十月
Execution · At below Bian Bridge 汴橋下
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 62

Attested activity

AD 923 同光元年冬十月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 60

Family

Kinship Role household family · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 30, passages 60, 62

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 62

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 30Volume 30 Book of Later Tang 6: Zhuangzong Annals 4 · 2 passages

其朱氏近親，趙鵠正身，趙嚴家屬，仰嚴加擒捕。 Zhu kin near and far, Zhao Hu himself, and Zhao Yan's household are to be seized at once.

是日，趙嚴、張希逸、張漢傑、張漢倫、張漢融、朱珪、敬翔、李振及契丹撒剌阿撥等，並其妻孥，皆斬於汴橋下。 That day Zhao Yan, Zhang Xiyi, Zhang Hanjie, Zhang Hanlun, Zhang Hanrong, Zhu Gui, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen, and the Khitan Sala Aba and their families were beheaded below Bian bridge.