Overview
Yannian was a Man of Qi who proposed a northern course for the Yellow River.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- c. BC 95 是時方事匈奴Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 114
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 114
Works and attributed material
- Hydraulic memorial · Author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Yannian (延年)Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 114-118
Events and relationships
- Proposed diverting the Yellow River north through the frontier to the seaHydraulic · StrategistDirectly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 114-115, 118
References in the histories
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