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Zhufu Yan was an official.
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Chancellor of Qi 齊相
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Book of Han, Chapter 47Volume 38: The Five Sons of Emperor Gao · 9 passages
時主父偃知甲之使齊以取后事，亦因謂甲：「即事成，幸言偃女願得充王後宮。」
Zhufu Yan, seeing a chance for his own daughter, pulled Xu Jia aside: "If you pull this off, put in a word for my girl as a secondary consort."
且主父偃何為者？
And who is this Zhufu Yan?
主父偃由此與齊有隙。
From that day Zhufu Yan nursed a grudge against Qi.
偃方幸用事，因言：「齊臨菑十萬戶，巿租千金，人眾殷富，鉅於長安，非天子親弟愛子不得王此。
Zhufu Yan was then favored and in power, so he said, "Linzi in Qi has one hundred thousand households, and its market rents are worth a thousand in gold. Its people are numerous, prosperous, and wealthier than Chang'an. No one but the Son of Heaven's own brother or beloved son should be king there.
於是武帝拜偃為齊相，且正其事。
The emperor named Zhufu Yan chancellor of Qi with orders to get to the bottom of it.
偃至齊，急治王後宮宦者為王通於姊翁主所者，辭及王。
Zhufu Yan reached Linzi and turned the screws on the harem eunuchs who had facilitated the king's visits to the princess; their testimony pointed straight at the king.
是時趙王懼主父偃壹出敗齊，恐其漸疏骨肉，乃上書言偃受金及輕重之短，天子亦因囚偃。
The king of Zhao, alarmed that one vindictive minister could destroy a princely house and set kin against kin, memorialized that Zhufu Yan had taken bribes and committed other offenses; the emperor had him thrown in prison.
公孫弘曰：「齊王以憂死，無後，非誅偃無以塞天下之望。」
Gongsun Hong urged: "The king of Qi died heirless and broken-hearted; only Zhufu Yan's death will satisfy the realm."
偃遂坐誅。
Zhufu Yan was condemned and put to death.