Qin and Han · Scholar

Yan Ji 嚴忌

Yán Jì

Attested BC 157 - BC 144

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan Ji was a scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 157 to BC 144 梁孝王來朝，從遊說之士
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 66, passage 7

Places and affiliations

Liang 梁
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 66, passage 7
At Wu 吳
Directly stated · Book of Han 66, passage 7

Events and relationships

Relation Retainer of · Person Liu Wu (劉武)
Directly stated · Book of Han 66, passage 7

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 66Volume 57a: Sima Xiangru · 1 passage

會景帝不好辭賦，是時梁孝王來朝，從遊說之士齊人鄒陽、淮陰枚乘、吳嚴忌夫子之徒，相如見而說之，因病免，客遊梁，得與諸侯游士居，數歲，乃著《子虛之賦》。 Emperor Jing had little taste for fu rhapsody. Just then King Xiao of Liang was at court with a retinue of persuader-scholars—Zou Yang of Qi, Mei Sheng of Huaiyin, Master Yan Ji of Wu, and others. Sima Xiangru took to their company, pleaded illness, left his post, and went to Liang as a client. For several years he lived among the itinerant literati at the feudal courts, and there he wrote his “Sir Vacuity.”