Qin and Han · Military Officer

Yan Le 閻樂

Attested BC 207

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan Le was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 207 閻樂望夷之禍
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 38, passage 310

Events and relationships

Disaster at Wangyi Palace
Military · Perpetrator · At Wangyi 望夷
Directly stated · Book of Liang 38, passage 310

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 38Volume 38: Zhu Yi; He Chen · 1 passage

呼鹿爲馬，卒有閻樂望夷之禍，王莽亦終移漢鼎。 Call a deer a horse, and in the end Yan Le brings ruin at Wangyi; Wang Mang too shifts the Han throne from its base.