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Yuan Dynasty depiction of Yan Wuyou. Yan Wuyou (Chinese: 顏無繇; Wade–Giles: Yen Wu-yu; born 545 BC), courtesy name Lu (路), also known as Yan Lu (Chinese: 顏路; Wade–Giles: Yen Lu), was a Chinese philosopher. He was one of the earliest disciples of Confucius. He was the father of Yan Hui, Confucius' favourite disciple. [1]
Yan Hui was a native of the state of Lu. His father Yan Wuyou (Yan Lu) was one of the earliest disciples of Confucius. [1] Yan Hui was about 30 years younger than Confucius, and became a student of the Master at a young age. [2] Yan Hui was Confucius' favorite disciple. [3] "After I got Yan Hui," Confucius remarked, "the disciples came closer ...
Yan Wuyou (顏無繇) was the father of Yan Hui, and was younger than Confucius by only six years. His courtesy name was Lu (路). In the Temple of Confucius his tablet is the first on the east side in the same hall as Zeng Dian.
In 191 BC, at Lü Zhi's insistence, Emperor Hui married his niece Zhang Yan (Princess Yuan of Lu's daughter) and made her empress. They did not have any children. It was alleged that Lü Zhi told Zhang Yan to adopt eight boys and have their mothers killed.
It was during Emperor Qianshao's reign that Empress Zhang's brother Zhang Yan (張偃, pinyin Zhāng Yǎn—notice difference in tone) was created the Prince of Lu. After Empress Dowager Lü died in August 180 BC, and the Lü clan overthrown and slaughtered by the officials opposed to the Lüs in the Lü Clan Disturbance , Emperor Houshao was ...
Lu Yun was then summoned to serve as an official under the provincial inspector, Zhou Jun, who compared him to the ancient disciple of Confucius, Yan Hui. [4] Later, Lu Yun served as a prefect of the gentlemen of the palace under the prince of Wu, Sima Yan (司馬晏 [5]; father of Sima Ye).
Property tycoon Hui Ka Yan was once Asia’s second-richest person. Embattled China Evergrande’s founder is no longer a billionaire after the man once worth $42 billion loses 98% of his wealth ...
The Xunzi says that once assuming the post, Confucius ordered the execution of Shaozheng Mao, another Lu state official and scholar whose lectures attracted the three thousand disciples several times except Yan Hui. Shaozheng Mao was accused of 'five crimes', each worth execution, including 'concealed evilness, stubborn abnormality, eloquent ...