Zhao Yan (趙岩) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhao Yan was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 梁朝掌事權者趙岩等
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 130

Assessments and attributes

Assessment chief among Liang power-holders who aided cruel government · Mode speaker-claim Speaker Duan Ning (段凝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 130

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 59Volume 59 Book of Later Tang 35: Biographies 11: Ding Hui, Yan Bao, Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Wang Zan, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhang Wen, Li Shaowen · 1 passage

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居數日，段凝上疏奏：「梁朝掌事權者趙岩等，並助成虐政，結怨於人，聖政惟新，宜誅首惡，以謝天下。」 Days later Duan Ning memorialized, "Zhao Yan and the other men who wielded power in the Liang court helped build a cruel regime and earned the hatred of the realm. Your new rule should cut down the chief culprits to satisfy the world."