Yan Fei Explained
| T: | 顏斐 |
| S: | 颜斐 |
| P: | Yán Fěi |
| Also Known As: | Courtesy name |
| C2: | 文林 |
| P2: | Wén Lín |
Yan Fei, courtesy name Wenlin,[1] was a Grand Administrator of Jingzhao during the Three Kingdoms period.
Yan Fei was from Jibei.[2] When Cao Pi was the presumptive heir to the Cao Wei throne, Yan was one of his attendants.[2] After Cao became the emperor, Yan was appointed a, an official who served at the palace.[2] After Jingzhao experienced a civil war and was conquered by the general Ma Chao, Yan "restored good and popular government" upon becoming the region's grand administrator.[2] [3] People at the time largely had little experience in farming.[4] Yan encouraged his people to do urban agriculture work, suggesting that they use their leisurely time to farm.[3] At his home, Yan started vegetable plots.[3] Observing that the citizenry were in the predicament of lacking carts and cattle, he urged them to make carts, sell pigs and dogs, and buy cattle.[4] Within two years, nearly all households had carts and cattle.[5] According to the Chinese historical text Weilüe, under Yan's leadership, Jingzhao became the best of Yongzhou's ten prefectures.[6]
See also
Further reading
- 三國志 魏書十六 https://ctext.org/sanguozhi/16
Notes and References
- Book: Yu, Songnian . 1840 . Yi jia tang cong shu . 2 . . 2022-03-18 .
- Book: de Crespigny, Rafe . 2007 . A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD) . Leiden . . . 933 . 978-90-04-15605-0 . 2022-03-18 .
- Book: Tang . Yan . Guo . Lei-Xian . Liu . Yuan-Ming . Fu . Dong . Tong . Zhen-Xin . Bao . Zhi-Qing . Tang . Bin . 2016 . Farming space in ancient Chinese cities: Harmonious urban development shaped by agricultural civilization and rural relations . https://books.google.com/books?id=TukbDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 . Civil Engineering and Urban Planning IV: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Urban Planning, Beijing, China, 25-27 July 2015 . London . . . 114 . 978-1-138-02903-3 . 2022-03-18 .
- 王明前 . 张明海 . December 2011 . 三国两晋十六国南北土地制度的分与合 . The division and integration of the land systems in the north and south of the Three Kingdoms, the Jin dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms . zh . Journal of Henan Business College . . 1008-3928 . 24 . 6 . 10.3969/j.issn.1008-3928.2011.06.018 . 69 . 2022-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318091636/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/41357049.pdf . 2022-03-18 .
- Book: 陶元珍 . 1989 . 三國食貨志 . Three Kingdoms Food and Goods . zh . Taipei . . . 957-05-0054-9 . 2022-03-18 .
- Book: 萬繩楠 . 2002 . 魏晉南北朝史論稿 . On the History of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties . zh . Taipei . 雲龍出版社 . . 33 . 986-7938-02-X . 2022-03-18 .
