Ming · Monk

Daoyan 道衍

Attested AD 1399

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Daoyan was a Monk.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1399 建文元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 5, passage 21

Events and relationships

Relation Advisor of · Person Zhu Di (朱棣)
Directly stated · History of Ming 5, passage 21

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 1 passage

王密與僧道衍謀，令指揮張玉、朱能潛納勇士八百人入府守衞。 The Prince plotted in secret with the monk Daoyan and had Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng slip eight hundred picked warriors into the palace to guard it.