Guo Yan 郭衍

Other names

Family

• Parent of Guo Zhen (臻)
  eldest son 長子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 211
• Child of Father of Guo Yan (郭衍父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 145
• Parent of Guo Siben (嗣本)
  second son 次子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 212
• Spouse of Wife of Guo Yan (衍妻)
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 193

Career and standing

• Inspector of Yingzhou 瀛州刺史
  AD 585 五年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 61, passage 173
• General-in-Chief of the Left Martial Guard 左武衛大將軍
  AD 605 大業元年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 200
• Right Central Army Bear-Channel Grand Master 右中軍熊渠中大夫
  AD 578 宣政元年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 61, passage 157
• Area Commander of Hongzhou 洪州總管
  Appointed · At Hongzhou 洪州
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 187
• Area Commander of Shuozhou 朔州總管
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 177
• Colonel of the Left Gate Guard 左監門率
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 197

Places and affiliations

• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 187
• At Jiexiu in Taiyuan 太原介休 · Certainty Note self-claimed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 144
• AD 611 （大業）七年
  At Jiangdu 江都 · Relation Died at
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 209
• AD 605 （大業中）帝幸江都
  At Jiangdu 江都 · Relation Visited
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 201
• At Hongzhou 洪州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 187
• At Jiangdu 江都 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 194

Works and attributed material

• Counsel · Speaker · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 205
• Historian judgment · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passages 213-217
• Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passages 189-191

Events and relationships

• Campaigned against Tuyuhun via Jinshan route
  Military · Officer · At Jinshan route 金山道 · Counterpart Tuyuhun 吐谷渾
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 202
• Commanded left army
  Military · Commander · At Jiangdu 江都
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 201
• Falsely claimed Guizhou Li rebellion to raise troops
  Military · Commander · At Guizhou 桂州
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passages 195-196
• Followed Prince of Jin
  AD 590 十年 · Military · Commander
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 61, passage 181
• Fought Qi
  AD 572 to AD 578 建德中 · Military · Officer
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 61, passages 152, 155
• Joined succession plot
  Political · Confidant · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passages 188-189, 192

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment able to gauge the sovereign's intent and fawningly compliant · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 203
• Assessment filial obedience (praised by the emperor) · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 206
• Assessment heart in accord with the emperor · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 204
• Assessment obsequious flatterer who stole ease in high position · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passages 214-216
• Assessment overbearing toward inferiors and sycophantic toward superiors · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 185
• Item funeral gifts 賵賜 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 210

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passage 185
• AD 581 開皇元年
  From Chiluo 叱羅氏 · To Guo 郭氏
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 61, passages 156, 167