Song, Liao, and Jin · Eunuch and Attendant

Mai Yunyan 麥允言

Mài Yǔnyán

Attested AD 1049

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mai Yunyan was an eunuch and Attendant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1049 皇祐初
Directly stated · History of Song 76, passage 11

Career and standing

Inner Attendant 內侍
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 76, passage 11

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 76, passage 11

Events and relationships

Oversaw construction
Administrative · Supervisor
Directly stated · History of Song 76, passage 11

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Treatises 29: Measures and Calendar 9 · 1 passage

皇祐初，又命日官舒易簡、于淵、周琮等參用淳風、令瓚之制，改鑄黃道渾儀，又為漏刻、圭表，詔翰林學士錢明逸詳其法，內侍麥允言總其工。 Early in the Huangyou era, the court again ordered the solar officials Shu Yijian, Yu Yuan, and Zhou Cong to draw on the designs of Li Chunfeng and Liang Lingzan, recast an ecliptic armillary sphere, and also build clepsydra graduations and a gnomon table; Hanlin Academician Qian Mingyi was directed to work out the methods, and Inner Attendant Mai Yunyan to supervise construction.