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Yan Yan (philosopher)

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68: 525: 610:(r. 156–87 BC), Yan Yan's descendants built a tomb complex for him in Changshu, and it has been rebuilt several times. His tomb is now a major tourist attraction in Changshu, and has been listed as a provincial cultural treasure by the Jiangsu government since 1982. 480:. Yan replied, "The influences of Zichan and my master might be compared to those of overflowing water and those of fattening rain. Wherever the water in its overflow reaches, men take knowledge of it, while the fattening rain falls unobserved." 67: 506:) as his heir, in violation of the prevailing convention. Yan Yan deliberately wore inappropriate clothes to the funeral, and stood in the wrong position. Sikou Huizi's brother Wenzi ( 512:) reminded Yan Yan of his correct position, but Yan Yan refused to move. After realizing Yan Yan's intention, Wenzi placed Huizi's rightful heir, the eldest son by his main wife (a 863: 1861: 1866: 832: 808: 786: 753: 1231: 856: 1078: 1236: 1183: 1856: 1038: 968: 849: 1123: 1876: 1871: 1746: 1710: 1495: 1722: 669: 1881: 603: 562: 1851: 872: 77: 461:. He was said to have succeeded in transforming the character of the people of Wucheng by teaching them 427: 1811: 1435: 1411: 880: 551: 1627: 1555: 1387: 1363: 1828: 1823: 1816: 1675: 1668: 1663: 1591: 1579: 1519: 1399: 1308: 1303: 1260: 614: 1507: 1339: 1327: 1315: 1279: 720: 1483: 1471: 1459: 1447: 469: 17: 1770: 1758: 1615: 1567: 1351: 828: 822: 804: 782: 776: 749: 743: 607: 1782: 1734: 1698: 1603: 1543: 1531: 1375: 1291: 1651: 1639: 1423: 1267: 543: 524: 435: 360: 324: 280: 252: 208: 180: 113: 85: 1794: 624:, 1869–1932), Minister of Interior of the Republic of China, and calligrapher Yan Gongda ( 42: 537: 381: 301: 229: 134: 1787: 1680: 1632: 1596: 1584: 1560: 1524: 1488: 1452: 1440: 1416: 1404: 1392: 1368: 1356: 1344: 1320: 1284: 1164: 1152: 1058: 625: 621: 477: 462: 1845: 547: 485: 412: 172: 47: 1255: 1073: 1048: 572: 558: 500: 496: 367: 287: 215: 120: 38: 1806: 1113: 818: 599: 458: 451: 439: 841: 1171: 1147: 1108: 1799: 1775: 1763: 1751: 1739: 1727: 1715: 1703: 1656: 1644: 1620: 1608: 1572: 1548: 1536: 1512: 1500: 1476: 1464: 1428: 1380: 1332: 1296: 1272: 1248: 1224: 1212: 1200: 1188: 1176: 1140: 1128: 472:, prime minister of Lu, asked Yan why Confucius was not as widely mourned as 1118: 1093: 1088: 1083: 1068: 1033: 1023: 952: 926: 772: 431: 1159: 1103: 1098: 1043: 1013: 1008: 973: 910: 905: 824:
The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean
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Many people from Changshu trace their ancestry to Yan Yan. Yan Dunyuan (
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posthumously awarded Yan Yan the nobility title of Marquess of Wu (
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Han, Zhaoqi (2010). "Biographies of the Disciples of Confucius".
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Yan Yan served as commandant of Wucheng (Wu City) in the
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to be his most distinguished disciple in the study of
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Yan Yan's offspring held the title of Wujing Boshi (
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Phoenix TV. 2013-04-23. 7: 714: 712: 1862:5th-century BC Chinese philosophers 703: 450:Yan Yan was born in 506 BC in the 25: 775:(1997). Huang, Chichung (ed.). 18:Yan Yan (disciple of Confucius) 583: 567: 483:In an episode recorded in the 387: 373: 330: 307: 293: 258: 235: 221: 186: 140: 126: 91: 1: 1867:5th-century BC Chinese people 873:Major disciples of Confucius 748:. Routledge. pp. 494–. 781:. Oxford University Press. 1898: 535: 495:), a high minister of the 36: 29: 984: 778:The Analects of Confucius 577: 508: 491: 398: 350: 270: 198: 164: 151: 103: 76:(至聖先賢半身像), housed in the 65: 61: 670: 604:Spring and Autumn period 476:, prime minister of the 30:Not to be confused with 411:BC), also known by his 1857:Disciples of Confucius 992:The Seventy-Two Saints 606:. 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Yan Yan (disciple of Confucius)
Yan Hui
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Hanyu Pinyin
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