Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Gentleman of the Yellow Gate

Pan Yue 潘岳

Attested AD 247 - AD 303

Passages: 5
Chapters: 5
Histories: 3

Overview

Pan Yue was a Gentleman of the Yellow Gate.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Anren	安仁	Anren

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 299 十二月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 53, passage 47
AD 280 to AD 300 安仁
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 35, passage 89
AD 280 to AD 303 晉之潘、陸
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 117, passage 283
AD 247 to AD 300 潘岳
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 73, passage 311
AD 296 to AD 300 金穀詩序
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 130

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Gentleman of the Yellow Gate 黃門侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 47

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 283

Works and attributed material

Preface to the Golden Valley poems 金穀詩序
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 130
Document · Author · forged prayer draft
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 47-55

Assessments and attributes

Assessment truly worth emulating · Mode speech Speaker the founding emperor (太祖)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 35, passage 89

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 1 passage

使黃門侍郎潘岳作書草，若禱神之文，有如太子素意，因醉而書之，令小婢承福以紙筆及書草使太子書之。 She had Gentleman of the Yellow Gate Pan Yue draft a prayer text mimicking the Crown Prince's usual intent; because he was drunk she made him copy it, having the young maid Chengfu bring paper, brush, and draft.

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

或以潘岳《金穀詩序》方其文，羲之比于石崇，聞而甚喜。 Some likened his piece to Pan Yue's preface to the Golden Valley poems and compared Wang Xizhi himself to Shi Chong; he was delighted to hear it.

Book of Jin, Chapter 117Volume 117 Records 17: Yao Xing Part One · 1 passage

超曰：「敞在西土，時論甚美，方敞魏之陳、徐，晉之潘、陸。」 Lü Chao said, "In the western lands contemporary opinion esteems him greatly; he matches Chen Lin and Xu Gan of Wei, Pan Yue and Lu Ji of Jin."

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 16: Gao Zu's Twelve Princes · 1 passage

但康樂放蕩，作體不辨有首尾，安仁、士衡深可宗尚，顏延之抑其次也。」 Yet Lingyun is unrestrained — his pieces lack clear beginning and end; Pan Yue and Lu Ji are truly worth emulating; Yan Yanzhi ranks beneath them."

Book of Song, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi · 1 passage

延之與陳郡謝靈運俱以詞彩齊名，自潘岳、陸機之後，文士莫及也，江左稱顏、謝焉。 Yanzhi and Xie Lingyun of Chen were equally famed for literary brilliance; since Pan Yue and Lu Ji, no writer had matched them—the south spoke of Yan and Xie.