Ming · Examination Official

Liu Yan 劉儼

Attested AD 1450 - AD 1456

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Yan was an Examination Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1450 to AD 1456 景泰
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 169, passage 23

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 2 passages

陳循及文構考官劉儼、黃諫，帝命禮部會谷復閱試卷。 Chen Xun and Wang Wen framed the chief examiners Liu Yan and Huang Jian; the emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites, together with Gao Gu, to review the examination papers again.

谷力言儼等無私，且曰：「貴胄與寒士競進，已不可。 Gao Gu insisted that Liu Yan and his colleagues had shown no favoritism, adding, "It is bad enough when scions of great houses contend with poor scholars for advancement.