Overview
Zhou Yan was an Attendant of the Secretariat.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Deathbed farewell to sonDirectly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 5
Attested activity
- AD 483 to AD 493 AD 483-493Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 216
- AD 470 to AD 479 劉宋末期Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 35
- AD 479 to AD 502 南齊Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 225
- AD 479 宋末Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 42, passages 6-7
- AD 485 永明三年Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 51
- AD 483 永明初Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 17, passages 81, 86
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- AD 479 to AD 502 齊Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 24, passage 7
- AD 479 to AD 502 齊Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 25, passage 4
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Ancestor of Zhou Hongzheng (周弘正)grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generationsDirectly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 7
- Parent of Zhou She (周捨)father 父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 4
- Parent of Zhou Baoshi (周寶始)father 父Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 24, passages 7-8
- Kin of Zang Weizhen (臧未甄)maternal cousin 外兄 · maternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Liang 42, passage 6
Key source chapters
- Book of Liang, Chapter 25 Volume 25: Zhou She; Xu Mian 3 passages
- Book of Chen, Chapter 24 Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian 1 passage
- Book of Liang, Chapter 42 Volume 42: Zang Dun; Zang Jue; Fu Qi 1 passage
- Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 17 Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress 1 passage
- Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 21 Volume 21 Biographies 2: Crown Prince Wenhui 1 passage
Career and standing
- Attendant of the Secretariat 中書郎HeldDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 225
- Crown Prince's Steward 太子僕HeldDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 17, passage 86
- Head of the Bureau of Writings 領著作HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 7
- Palace Adjutant 太子僕HeldDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 51
- Secretariat Attendant 中書侍郎HeldDirectly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 4
- Secretariat Gentleman 中書侍郎HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 7
Places and affiliations
- Qi 齊Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 7
- Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 4
- At Runan 汝南Directly stated · Book of Liang 42, passage 6
Works and attributed material
- commentary on the Classic of Filial Piety 孝經義疏Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 51
- Letter · Speaker · Mode document Speaker Zhou Yan (周顒) · Addressed to Du Jingchan (杜京產) · Subject Person Id Du Qi (杜栖)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passages 225-227
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 17, passages 86-90
- You need not fear that you will lack wealth and rank, but you must hold yourself to moral principle. 汝不患不富貴，但當持之以道德。Directly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 5
Events and relationships
- Deathbed exhortationDirectly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 5
- Relation Friend of · Person Fan Yun (范雲)Directly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 14
- Relation Patron of · Person Zang Weizhen (臧未甄)Directly stated · Book of Liang 42, passage 6
- Relation Opponent of · Person Fu Manrong (伏曼容)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 17, passages 86-90
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment regarded Zhou She as extraordinary · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 5
- Assessment well known in his day · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Liang 25, passage 4
References in the histories
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