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Liu Yan   劉延

Lived: AD ?–200

Biographies:
None Available

Served: Wei

Grand Administrator of Dong commandery. Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to attack him.

Officer Details

Wade-Giles: Liu Yen
Simplified Chinese: 刘延
Pronunciation: Liu2 Yan2
Cantonese (Yale): Lau Yin
Cantonese (Jyutpin): Lau Jin

Birthplace: Unknown

Name Notes: Appears in Brewitt-Taylor translations as Liu Yue.

Rank and Titles

Grand Administrator of Dongjun

Literary Appearances

Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 25, 27

Sanguozhi: Wei 1

Biography

Historic (Confirmed)

In AD 200 Liu Yan served Cao Cao as Administrator of Dong commandery. When Yuan shao marched south early that year he sent Yan Liang to attack Liu Yan, but Cao Cao led a rescue force which defeated and killed Yan Liang. (1)

1) Sanguozhi: Wei 1

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September 20, 2008