Yan Ying (晏嬰) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yan Ying was a Spring and Autumn statesman and diplomat of Qi.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yanzi	晏子	Yanzi
Courtesy name	Ping Zhong	平仲	Ping Zhong
Alternate name	Yan Pingzhong	晏平仲	Yan Pingzhong

BC 556 to BC 500 BC 556-500
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 32, passage 130
c. BC 581 to BC 500 Yan Ying (c. 581-500 BC)
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 68, passage 106; Book of Song 73, passage 124
BC 581 to BC 500 事齊靈公、莊公、景公
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 36
BC 589 to BC 500 其諫說，慕晏嬰之為人也，然而承意觀色為務。
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 50
c. BC 545 後百餘年而有晏子焉
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 34
BC 556 to BC 500 昔晏嬰輔齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 38, passage 163

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BC 551 to BC 479 春秋/孔子
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 198
BC 580 to BC 500 春秋之世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 161
BC 500 春秋齊
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 23, passage 360
BC 589 to BC 500 時人比之晏嬰
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 81
BC 547 to BC 500 晏嬰相景公
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 45
BC 556 to BC 500 管、晏
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 89, passage 142
BC 547 to BC 500 管、晏之屬
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 65, passage 370
BC 556 to BC 500 管、晏復生
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 330
BC 500 談者皆擬於阿衡
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 99, passage 67
BC 548 to BC 490 齊景公時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passages 2, 4

Ancestor of Yan Mo (晏謨)
ancestor 先人
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Jin 127, passage 200

concubines did not wear silk
Kinship Role concubines · Quantity plural-unspecified
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 37
Kinship Role concubines · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 45

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 62 Biographies of Guan and Yan 12 passages
Book of Jin, Chapter 127 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 65 Volume 56: Dong Zhongshu 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 2 passages
Book of Later Han, Chapter 31 Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan 2 passages

minister to Duke Jing of Qi 相景公
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 106
minister of Qi 相
BC 547 to BC 500 晏嬰相景公 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 45
prime minister of Qi 相齊
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passages 37, 54

Yan Zi's Spring and Autumn 晏子春秋
Relation Author
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 64
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Rang Ju (穰苴)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 4
Speech · Speaker · Units s0047
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 47

Invoked as a frugal and effective minister
BC 126 御史大夫 · Later reference · Historical exemplar
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 68, passages 94, 106
could not change this policy even if reborn 管、晏復生
Rhetorical allusion · Exemplar · Invoked as if reborn
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 330
Made light of hunger
AD 426 to AD 433 元嘉三年後庭誥引述 · Exemplum · Historical example · Mode quoted-document Source Person Id Yan Yanzhi (顏延之)
Directly stated · Book of Song 73, passage 124
Recommended as grand officer
Political · Recommender · With Charioteer of Yan Ying (晏子車御)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 63
Redeemed
Personal · Rescuer · With Yue Shifu (越石父)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 44
Wept over corpse
Ritual · Mourner · With Duke Zhuang of Qi (齊莊公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 71

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Assessment conduct admired by Chunyu Kun · Mode narrative Witness Person Id Chunyu Kun (淳于髡)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 50
Assessment famous among the feudal lords for three generations · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 42
Assessment hegemon's assistant, likely unequal to Dong Zhongshu · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Liu Xiang (劉向)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 370
Assessment in civil affairs can win troop allegiance; in martial affairs can overawe the enemy · With Rang Ju (穰苴) · Mode named-speech Speaker Yan Ying (晏嬰)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 4
Assessment lowered himself to the level of commoners yet Qi was well governed · Mode quotation Speaker Gongsun Hong (公孫弘)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 45
Assessment remonstrated to the point of offending the ruler · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 72

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Assessment see what is right and act with courage · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 71
Assessment worthy grandee; wore one fox-fur thirty years; left one cart · Mode speech Speaker Ma Yao (麻瑤)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 23, passages 360-361
frugal and diligently upright
Character
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passages 36-37
less than six chi tall
Physical description
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 58
Item left trace horse 左驂 · Relation Used to redeem
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 62, passage 44

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 163
Ate no more than one meat dish; his concubines wore no silk; Qi was well governed.
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 45