Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Duke of Da'an; official

Yan Qing 閻慶

c. AD 506 - AD 582

Passages
20
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Yan Qing was a Duke of Da'an; official.

IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Zhou

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Changed name Daye 大野氏 Daye
Courtesy name Renqing 仁慶 Renqing
Posthumous name Cheng 成 Cheng

Life and dates

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Family

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Key source chapters

  1. Book of Zhou, Chapter 20 Volume 20 Biographies 12: Wang Meng; He Lanxiang; Wei Chigang; Chilie Fugui; Yan Qing 19 passages
  2. Book of Zhou, Chapter 8 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing 1 passage

Career and standing

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Places and affiliations

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Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment clever, kept his word, dignified and imposing in youth · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 256
  • Assessment generous and mild, not harsh; the people were pleased · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 275
  • Assessment grouped with Wang Meng and others as meritorious rather than merely favored kin · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 283-284
  • Assessment kept himself humble and cautious despite rank and imperial marriage; contemporaries praised him · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 311
  • Assessment praised for plain, kindly rule on the Rong-Yi frontier · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 271-272
  • Assessment skilled at winning men; never retired before the troops; repeatedly distinguished · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 268
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Source notes

References in the histories

20 passages

Book of Zhou, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing · 1 passage
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Book of Zhou, Chapter 20Volume 20 Biographies 12: Wang Meng; He Lanxiang; Wei Chigang; Chilie Fugui; Yan Qing · 19 passages
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累遷使持節、車騎大將軍、儀同三司、散騎常侍、驃騎大將軍、開府儀同三司、雲州大中正，加侍中，賜姓大野氏。 He rose in stages to bearer of the staff of authority, general of chariots and cavalry, opening-establishment equal in rank to the three dukes, attendant gentleman of scattered cavalry, grand general of flying cavalry, opening-the-feudatory equal in rank to the three dukes, and chief rectifier of Yun; he was additionally made palace attendant and granted the surname Daye.