Ancient China · Named Individual

Xu Yan 徐衍

Attested BC 300

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Yan was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Death

Drowning with stone
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 187

Attested activity

BC 300 徐衍負石入海
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 187

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 1 passage

是以申徒狄自沈於河，徐衍負石入海。 This is why Shentu Di drowned himself in the river and Xu Yan walked into the sea bearing a stone.