Sui and Tang · Family Member

Yan Xian 顏峴

Attested AD 783 - AD 784

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan Xian was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 783 to AD 784 希烈拘真卿
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 29

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Elder brother of Yan Zhenqing (顏真卿兄)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 161, passage 29

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 2 passages

真卿為李希烈所拘，遣兄子峴及家仆奏事，五輩皆留內客省，不得出。 Zhenqing, held captive by Li Xilie, sent his elder brother's son Xian and household servants to present memorials; all five delegations were detained at the Internal Guests Office and could not leave.

臣又聞真卿所遣兄子峴及家僮從官奉表來者五輩，皆留中，其子頵等拳拳實希一見，望許休澣，告以安否。 I have also heard that Xian, the nephew Zhenqing sent, and the household servants and attending officials who came bearing memorials—five delegations in all—are all held within the palace; his son Yun and others earnestly hope for a single audience; I beg that they be allowed leave days and told whether he is safe.