Qin and Han · Official

Zhufu Yan 主父偃

Attested BC 130

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhufu Yan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 130 主父偃讀樂毅之報燕王書
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 119

Events and relationships

Wept over
Scholarly · Reader · With Yue Yi (樂毅)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 80, passage 119

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 1 passage

太史公曰：始齊之蒯通及主父偃讀樂毅之報燕王書，未嘗不廢書而泣也。 The Grand Historian said: Whenever Kuai Tong of Qi and Zhufu Yan first read Yue Yi's reply to the king of Yan, they would lay the text aside and weep.