Zhao Yan (趙琰) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Yan as a named individual and official. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Yan	趙琰	Zhao Yan
Courtesy	Shuqi	叔起	Shuqi
Given	Yan	琰	Yan
Surname	Zhao	趙	Zhao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · weishu:092:s0007

Roles

Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died at eighty / 年八十卒
Explicit · weishu:092:s0024

Age

Age: 60 · Reckoning: sui · Note: past sixty
Explicit · weishu:092:s0022
Age: 80 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · weishu:092:s0024

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 皇興中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 467 · End: AD 471
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:092:s0011
Source Date: Text: 苻氏亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 383 · End: AD 385
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:092:s0009
Source Date: Text: 遷都洛陽 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:092:s0025

Family

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Child of Zhao Wen (趙溫)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Child of Mother of Zhao Yan (趙琰母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Parent of Zhao Ying (趙應)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Zhao Xu (趙煦)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Kinship Role: descendants · Note: grandchildren offering congratulations / 子孫 · Quantity: unspecified
Explicit · weishu:092:s0021
Kinship Role: sons · Note: Ying and his brothers / 應等 · Quantity: unspecified
Explicit · weishu:092:s0025

Career and standing

Label: chief clerk of Prince of Huainan / 淮南王他府長史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:092:s0017
Label: marshal of Yanzhou / 兗州司馬 · Action: appointed
Explicit · weishu:092:s0016
Label: deputy commandant of Tuncheng garrison / 團城鎮副將 · Action: transferred
Explicit · weishu:092:s0016

Places and affiliations

Polity: Northern Wei / 北魏 · Relation: served
Explicit · weishu:092:s0016
Place: Tianshui / 天水
Explicit · weishu:092:s0007

Events and relationships

Kind: filial-service · Role: agent · Action: returned-lost-sheep
Explicit · weishu:092:s0012
Kind: burial-delay · Role: son · Action: unable-to-bury-parents · Duration: more than thirty years / 三十餘年
Explicit · weishu:092:s0019
Relation: served-under · Person Id: Prince of Huainan Tuo (淮南王他)
Explicit · weishu:092:s0017
Relation: carried-by · Person Id: Wet nurse of Zhao Yan (趙琰乳母)
Explicit · weishu:092:s0009