Song, Liao, and Jin · Royal Family Member

Yuanyan 元儼

Attested AD 1008

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuanyan was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1008 祥符元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 118, passages 20-21

Career and standing

Prince of Guangling Commandery 廣陵郡王
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 118, passage 20

Places and affiliations

Song 宋
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 118, passage 20

Events and relationships

Seated west and allowed in prince rank
AD 1008 祥符元年 · Ritual · Participant
Directly stated · History of Song 118, passages 20-21

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 118Volume 118 Treatises 71: Rites 21 · 2 passages

又祥符元年宴坐次圖，宰臣王旦與使相石保吉在東，寧王元偓、舒王元偁、廣陵郡王元儼、節度使惟吉在西，分班坐。 Again, in the seating chart for the banquet of the first year of Xiangfu, Chief Counselor Wang Dan and Commissioner Shi Baoji sat on the east; the Prince of Ning, Yuanwei, the Prince of Shu, Yuancheng, the Prince of Guangling Commandery, Yuanyan, and Military Commissioner Weiji sat on the west, each in separate ranks.

其元儼、惟吉是郡王與節度使，許綴親王班，竊慮當時出自特旨。 Yuanyan and Weiji were a commandery prince and a military commissioner who were allowed to join the imperial-prince rank—we suspect that at the time this came from a special directive.