Qin and Han · Scholar and Official

Yan Pengzu 嚴彭祖

Attested BC 74 - BC 48

Passages: 4
Chapters: 4
Histories: 3

Overview

Yan Pengzu was a scholar and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 48 孝宣承統
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 260
BC 74 to BC 48 孝宣承統
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 285
BC 74 to BC 49 宣帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 126, passages 30, 33

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 68 Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 102 Volume 90: Cruel Officials 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 126 Volume 115: Officials Part Two 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112 Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu 1 passage

Career and standing

classical school founder 经氏之师
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 126, passage 30
Confucian learning 儒術
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 285
太子太傅
Text En Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 356

Places and affiliations

Western Han 漢
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 260
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 285

Learning and skills

Subject Confucian learning 儒術 · Relation Advanced through · Mode quotation Speaker Ban Gu (班固)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 285

Events and relationships

Rose through Confucian learning under Emperor Xuan
Career · Subject · With Emperor Xuan of Han (漢宣帝) · Mode quotation Speaker Ban Gu (班固)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 285
Type younger-brother-of · Person Local Id Yan Yannian (嚴延年)
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 356

Assessments and attributes

Assessment advanced through Confucian learning (儒術) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 260
Assessment had achievements recounted in their age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 260

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 285

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage

孝宣承統，纂修洪業，亦講論六藝，招選茂異，而蕭望之、梁丘賀、夏侯勝、韋玄成、嚴彭祖，尹更始以儒術進，劉向，王褒以文章顯，將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、丙吉、於定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢、嚴延年、張敞之屬，皆有功跡見述於世。 Emperor Xuan inherited the succession and carried forward the great enterprise. He too expounded the Six Arts and recruited outstanding men. Xiao Wangzhi, Liangqiu He, Xiahou Sheng, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Pengzu, and Yin Gengshi advanced through Confucian learning; Liu Xiang and Wang Bao gained distinction for their writing; among the generals and chancellors were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian; and among those who governed the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wengui, Zhao Guanghan, Yan Yannian, Zhang Chang, and others. All left achievements celebrated in their age.

Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 1 passage

次弟彭祖，至太子太傅，在《儒林傳》。 Younger brother Pengzu became heir's tutor—see the Ru scholars chapter.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 126Volume 115: Officials Part Two · 1 passage

《春秋》二，《公羊》严、颜氏。 The Spring and Autumn is taught in two Gongyang schools, the lineages of Master Yan Pengzu and Master Yan Anle.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage

孝宣承統，纂修洪業，亦講論六藝，招選茂異，而蕭望之、梁丘賀、夏侯勝、韋玄成、嚴彭祖、尹更始以儒術進，劉向、王褒以文章顯。 Emperor Xuan inherited the line and continued the great work. He, too, lectured on the Six Arts and selected outstanding scholars. Xiao Wangzhi, Liangqiu He, Xiahou Sheng, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Pengzu, and Yin Gengshi rose through Confucian learning, while Liu Xiang and Wang Bao distinguished themselves through their literary accomplishments.