Qin and Han · Official and Writer

Yan An 嚴安

Attested BC 134 - BC 100

Passages
13
Chapters
5
Histories
3

Overview

Yan An was an official and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

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Key source chapters

  1. Book of Han, Chapter 74 Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 4 passages
  2. Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 4 passages
  3. Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112 Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu 3 passages
  4. Book of Han, Chapter 76 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo 1 passage
  5. History of Song, Chapter 256 Volume 256 Biographies 15: Zhao Pudi and Younger Brother: Anyi 1 passage

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

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Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment arguments trenchant, lucid, and morally plain; words recorded at length · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 303

Source notes

References in the histories

13 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 74Volume 64a: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 1 · 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 76Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 3 passages
History of Song, Chapter 256Volume 256 Biographies 15: Zhao Pudi and Younger Brother: Anyi · 1 passage