Qin and Han · Official

Ji Yan 汲偃

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Ji Yan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 141 to BC 87 武帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 59, passage 235
BC 112 to BC 100 汲黯卒後
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 118

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Ji An (汲黯)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 118; Book of Han 59, passage 235

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Chancellor to a feudal lord 諸侯相
Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 120, passage 118
feudal chancellor 諸侯相
Reached
Directly stated · Book of Han 59, passage 235

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 1 passage

卒後，上以黯故，官其弟仁至九卿，子偃至諸侯相。 After his death the emperor honored his memory by promoting his brother Ren among the nine ministers and his son Yan to a princely chancellorship.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 120Biographies of Ji and Zheng · 1 passage

卒後，上以黯故，官其弟汲仁至九卿，子汲偃至諸侯相。 After his death, the Emperor, out of regard for Ji An, elevated his younger brother Ji Ren to the rank of the Nine Ministers and his son Ji Yan to the post of Chancellor to a feudal lord.