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Yan Silu (simplified Chinese: 颜思鲁; traditional Chinese: 顏思魯), courtesy name Kong Gui (simplified Chinese: 孔归; traditional Chinese: 孔歸), was a Chinese minister of the Sui dynasty and the Tang dynasty. He was a native of Linyi, Langya Commandery.

Background

Yan Silu is the son of Yan Zhitui. He is a native of Linyi, Langya Commandery. Yan wrote the preface to his father's anthology. He was born in Jiangling and moved to Dunhuafang, Chang'an, Jingzhao in the early Sui Dynasty. Yan was the elder brother of Yan Minchu and Yan Youqin.

Skilled in producing compositions, Yan was particularly good at exegesis and was a scholar of Confucianism. The historian of education Shen Guanqun [zh] praised Yan for being "erudite and good at writing". On the topic of scripture meanings, Yan engaged Liu Zhen [zh] in a debate. In the Sui dynasty, he served as a secretary for the Department of Economics and was a scholar of the Eastern Palace. Yan also served as attendant to the prince Yang Yan [zh], the son of Yang Yong. At the beginning of the Tang dynasty, he joined the army in a clerk role [zh]. Yan was chosen to be an assistant during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang and later received a general title (Chinese: 踰岷將軍).

Yan married the daughter of the doctor Yin Yingtong (Chinese: 殷英童). The book "Yin Yingtong Collection" (殷英童集) refers to a "Yan son-in-law", which is him. Over 20 of Yan's songs and poems are included in the collection.

References

1. 颜氏家训 [Yan Family Training] (in Chinese). 北方文艺出版社. 2019. ISBN 978-7-5317-4309-5. Retrieved 2022-03-18 – via Google Books.
2. Knechtges, David R. (2014). Knechtges, David R.; Chang, Taiping (eds.). Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four. Leiden: Brill Publishers. p. 1794. ISBN 978-90-04-26788-6. ISSN 0169-9520. Retrieved 2022-03-18 – via Google Books.
3. ^ 宋涛, ed. (2013). 荣宝斋书谱·古代部分·颜真卿·颜勤礼碑 [Books of Rongbaozhai·Ancient Parts·Yan Zhenqing·Yan Qinli Stele] (in Chinese). Beijing: 荣宝斋出版. ISBN 978-7-5003-1598-8. Retrieved 2022-03-18 – via Google Books.
4. ^ 顏氏家訓 [Yan's family motto] (in Chinese). 2019. ISBN 978-98-69-70360-4. Retrieved 2022-03-18 – via Google Books.
5. Wang, Liqun (2020). 成語裏的家風（一）家庭倫理篇 [Family Tradition in Idioms (1) Family Ethics] (in Chinese). 中華教育. p. 32. ISBN 978-98-88-67502-9. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
6. 拜根兴 (2016). 唐代朝野政治与文化研究 [Research on the Politics and Culture of the Tang Dynasty] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 978-7-5161-7640-5. Retrieved 2022-03-18 – via Google Books.
7. ^ Guanqun, Shen (1988). 中国教育家评传 [Commentary on Chinese Educators] (in Chinese). Vol. 1. Shanghai: Shanghai Education Publishing House. p. 453. ISBN 978-7-5320-0647-2. Retrieved 2022-03-18 – via Google Books.

• Sui dynasty writers
• Tang dynasty writers