Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Tribal Leader

Tuyan 吐延

Tǔyán

Attested AD 310 - AD 323

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tuyan was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Death

Killed · Cause Stabbed · Killed by Jiang Cong (姜聰) · At Maocheng context 昴城
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passages 31, 35

Age

35
Reckoning Suitui · At death
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passage 36

Attested activity

AD 310 to AD 323 嗣位十三年，年三十五
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 96, passages 36, 60

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Tuyuhun (吐谷渾)
son 子
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passage 30
Parent of Yeyan (葉延)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passage 31
Spouse of Mother of Yeyan
wife 妻 · Uncertain
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 96, passages 31, 39

Kinship Role sons · Count 12
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passage 37

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Jueba Wo (絕拔渥) · Mode direct-quotation
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passages 31-34

Events and relationships

Reigned
Political · Ruler · Duration Years 13
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passage 36

Assessments and attributes

seven feet eight inches tall; courage and strength beyond ordinary men; harsh and violent nature
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Song 96, passage 31

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 56: Xianbei and Tuyuhun Peoples · 2 passages

渾年七十二死，有子六十人，長吐延嗣。 Hun died at seventy-two, leaving sixty sons; the eldest, Tuyan, succeeded him.

吐延身長七尺八寸，勇力過人，性刻暴，為昴城羌酋姜聰所刺，劍猶在體，呼子葉延，語其大將絕拔渥曰：[4]「吾氣絕，棺斂訖，便遠去保白蘭。 Tuyan stood seven feet eight inches tall, with courage and strength beyond ordinary men, but his nature was harsh and violent. The Qiang chieftain of Maocheng, Jiang Cong, stabbed him; the blade still stood in his body. He summoned his son Yeyan and told his great general Jueba Wo: [4] "When I am gone, once I am coffined, withdraw far away and secure Bailan.