Overview
Yan You was a general and Official.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 9 to AD 23 嚴尤底定之策Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 33
- AD 9 to AD 23 大司馬嚴尤請丹Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passage 191
- AD 18 天鳳五年…嚴尤Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 99, passages 211-212
- AD 9 to AD 23 新莽時Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 178, passage 75
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- official who presented policy proposals 陳策者Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 75
- Accepting-the-Words 納言HeldDirectly stated · Book of Han 99, passage 212
- Grand Marshal 大司馬HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 191
Places and affiliations
- Polity Xin 新 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 30, passage 191; New Book of Tang 178, passages 33, 75
Learning and skills
- Skill policies for securing and settling the realm 底定之策Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 33
Works and attributed material
- Policy proposal · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 75
Events and relationships
- InvitedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 191
- Presented policies ranked below highest orderPolitical · ProposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 75
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment cited by Emperor Wenzong as a tortoise-mirror exemplar of securing-the-realm policy · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Wenzong (文宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passages 33, 36
- Assessment what he presented offers no policy of the highest order · Mode speaker-judgment Speaker Liu Fen (劉蕡)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 75
Source notes
- Value historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 75
References in the histories
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