Yan Hui: a native of Luling (now Ji'an, Jiangxi Province), a painter of the Yuan Dynasty. He is good at painting figures, Buddhism and Taoism, as well as ghosts and monsters. His shapes are unique. Although the brush is slightly exposed, his brushwork is unique and has the interest of eight-sided business. Wu Wei is the pioneer of painting in the early Ming Dynasty. There are "Hunting Pictures in Zhongshan" and "Statue of Li Tieguai" handed down from generation to generation.
Yan Zong: a native of Nanhai, Guangdong Province, a painter of the Ming Dynasty. Born in Juren, he served as magistrate of Shaowu County and later served as Wailang, a member of the Ministry of War. He is good at painting landscapes, integrating northern landscape painting styles into southern landscape paintings. He mostly writes flat and distant scenery, which is vigorous, vigorous and unique in style. There is a "Picture of Lakes and Mountains in the Distance" left in the world.
Yan Zitui: Zi Jie (AD 531-about 591), a native of Linyi, Langxie (now part of Shandong Province). He was a litterateur in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He first served as a minister of Sanqi under Emperor Yuan of Liang Dynasty. After conquering Jiangling in the Western Wei Dynasty, he refused to serve in the Wei Dynasty due to national hatred. He defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty and served as the minister of Huangmen and the prefect of Pingyuan. After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he defected to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and became a royal official. . During the reign of Emperor Kai of the Sui Dynasty, he was summoned as a bachelor by the prince, who treated him with great courtesy. He died of illness soon after. He traveled all his life, suffered many turmoils, and was often ashamed of serving in a foreign country. Therefore, many of his poems are sentimental and nostalgic. The book "Yan Family Instructions" written by him has 20 chapters (see "Appendix: "Yan Family Instructions"" on the 2nd to 5th floor below), which explains the methods of establishing a good life and managing a family. After its publication, it played a profound role. Due to his influence, he is regarded as the originator of national training monographs in China.
Yan Shigu: Born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), he was a scholar and exegesis expert in the Tang Dynasty. He was a member of Zhongshushe from the official to the middle school. He is the author of the "Five Classics" and so on.
Yan Zhaofu: an official and scholar in the Tang Dynasty, a minister of various official positions, and the governor of Huazhou. He is as famous as his brother-in-law Yin Zhongrong in seal script, 瀱, and cursive calligraphy, but he is more powerful than him and was highly praised by his uncle Shigu.
Yan Zhenqing: Minister and calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan period, he became a Jinshi and became a censor. Because of his disobedience to Yang Guozhong, he was demoted as the prefect of Wei Pingyuan. He expected that Anlu Mountain would rebel and was prepared for it. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), Anlushan rebelled. He and his brother Guoqing launched an army, and 17 nearby counties responded. After the rebellion, he entered Beijing as an official. He was slandered and demoted repeatedly. Later, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and was granted the title of Duke of Lu County. He was known as Yan Lu Gong in the world. During the reigns of Suzong and Daizong, he stood up for justice several times and was disliked by the ministers. During the reign of Dezong, Li Xilie claimed to be the marshal of the world and captured Ruzhou. Yan Zhenqing was ordered to go to advise him. After that, he remained unyielding and was eventually killed by Li Xilie at the age of 76. Yan Zhenqing is good at cursive writing and has a calm and vigorous writing style. He is treasured by the world and is called "Yan Ti". The Palace Museum has the ink ink of "Zhushan Lianju" written by him when he was 66 years old. He is the author of "Collected Works of Yan Lugong".
Yan Bowen: A native of Dezhou (now part of Shandong Province), he was a painter and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Huizong, he was a Jinshi and served as Zuolang. He is good at figures and also good at ink painting of flowers. The paintings left behind include "Arhat Picture", "Idle Clouds Emerging from Xiu", "Wild Water Picture" and so on.
Yan Zhizhi: a native of Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province), a painter of the Song Dynasty. He was good at painting figures and was good at small seal script. He wrote "Collection of Ancient Seal Script Rhymes" and became a middle-ranking official. His son Yan Ruxun, who was invited by the government to be an official, was also a craftsman of seal script.
Yan Guangmin: A native of Qufu, Shandong Province, he was a Jinshi during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and was a doctor in the official examination. The young man is smart, he is a nine-year-old expert in cursive writing, and a thirteen-year-old master of poems and poems.
In addition, the main celebrities with the surname Yan include: Yan Anle, a Confucian scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, Yan Gaoqing, a guard in the Tang Dynasty, Yan Boxei, a virtuous man in the Ming Dynasty, and Yan Yuan, a thinker in the Qing Dynasty.
Yan Yuan: pragmatist philosopher of the Qing Dynasty.