Overview
Dou Yan was a Hanlin Academician and Ritual Official.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 958 周顯德五年冬Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 144, passage 13
- AD 946 三年十一月丁未Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 177
- AD 954 世宗之時Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 31, passage 91
- AD 949 乾祐二年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 102, passage 146
- AD 959 显德六年六月Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 152
- AD 958 顯德五年六月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 30
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- AD 958 顯德五年十一月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 31
- AD 959 顯德六年
Key source chapters
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 145 Volume 145: Treatises 7 Music 2 5 passages
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120 Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals 4 passages
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31 Volume 31 Later Zhou Biographies 11: Wang Pu, Zheng Renhui, Hu Zai 3 passages
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144 Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 2 passages
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 147 Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law 2 passages
Career and standing
- Secretariat Drafter 中書舍人AD 958 顯德五年六月 · HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 30
- Hanlin Academician 翰林學士AD 958 顯德五年十一月 · HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 31
- acting director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 判太常寺事HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 144, passages 13, 69
- Hanlin academician 翰林學士HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 144, passages 13, 69
- Left Reminder 左拾遺HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 177
Places and affiliations
- Later Jin 晉Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 177
- Later Zhou 周Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 144, passage 13
- Polity Later Zhou 周 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 30
Works and attributed material
- hymns for Shizong's temple chamber 世宗廟室樂章Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 144, passage 69
- libation hymn for the late emperor 大行皇帝太室歌酌獻辭Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 120, passage 25
- temple hymn for Empress Zhenhui 貞惠皇后廟歌辭Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 120, passage 75
- Jin dynasty Veritable Records 晉朝實錄Relation CompilerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 102, passage 146
- Comprehensive Rites of Great Zhou 大周通禮Relation Proposed compilerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passages 31, 35
- Correct Music of Great Zhou 大周正樂Relation Proposed compilerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passages 32, 35
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- AD 958 顯德五年十一月Memorial · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passages 31-33
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passages 177-184
Events and relationships
- Entrusted to lead compilationsEditorial · DirectorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 37
- Harmonized eight instrument categoriesMusic tuning · TunerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 62
- Proposed posthumous and temple names for ShizongRitual · DrafterDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 120, passage 28
- Proposed posthumous and temple namesDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 119, passage 107
- Review court musicAD 958 顯德五年六月 · Music reform · Commissioned reviewerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 30
- Reviewed music regulationsAD 958 周顯德五年冬 · Scholarly · Commissioned officialDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 144, passage 13
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- Urged ban on cruel punishmentsAdministrative · MemorialistDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passages 177, 184
- Relation Ordered by · Person Emperor Shizong (世宗)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 145, passage 30
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment memorial aids good order · Mode imperial-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 186
- Assessment writing blazed in debate with Tao Gu · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 31, passage 93
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 177
References in the histories
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