Many people have the surname Yan
1. There are three sources
1. It comes from the surname Ji, after Houji, the descendant of the Yellow Emperor. According to legend, there was a descendant named Houji who inherited the surname Ji and was respected as the ancestor by the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The 12th generation grandson Gugong Danfu was also called Taiwang. He has three sons: Tai Bo, Zhong Yong and Ji Li. During the reign of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, Taibo's great-grandson Zhongyi was granted the title of Prince of Yanxiang. Zhong Yi's descendants took the fiefdom Yan as their surname.
2. Comes from the surname Ji, after King Kang of Zhou. The youngest son of King Ji Xia of Zhou Zhao has the character "Yan" on his forehead. Therefore, King Kang granted him the title of Yancheng, and his descendants took the title as their surname.
3. Comes from the surname Ji, after Tang Shuyu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yi, the son of Duke Cheng of Jin, was granted the title of Yan, and was later destroyed by the Jin State. Yi's descendants were scattered in Heluo, and settled in Xingyang at the end of the Han Dynasty. His descendants named their surname after the fiefdom.
2. Migration and distribution
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yan family lived in what is now Hubei. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was Shangshu Yan Zhang. His son Yan Chang was an official servant and was granted the title of Marquis of Yichun in the north. He had three sons: Xian, Jing and Yan. Xian's son moved to Anhan in Brazil. Xian's grandson Yanfu was granted the title of Marquis of Pingle Township by Cao Cao and returned to Xin'an, Henan. Before the Eastern Jin Dynasty, some of the Yan family moved to Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces today. Yan Zan's great-grandson Yan Chang took refuge in Mayi (today's Shuo County, Shanxi Province). His grandson Yan Man served as a high-ranking official in the Northern Wei Dynasty and moved back to Henan. There is also a grandson of Yan Xian, who lived in Wuyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Yan Man's grandson Yan Shan lived in Shengle, Yunzhou. In the Tang Dynasty, the 10 surnames in Taiyuan County designated during the Zhenguan period included Yan. There are more people with the surname Yan in Tianshui, Changshan, Guangping and Henan. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people with the surname Yan already lived in Jiangsu, Hunan and other southern provinces. After the Qing Dynasty, some members of the Yan family moved overseas.
3. Junwangtang No.
Junwang
1. Tianshui County: The county was established in the third year of Yuanding in the Western Han Dynasty. This branch of the Yan family probably came from after King Kang of Zhou.
2. Henan County: In the second year of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, Sanchuan County of Qin was changed to a county. This branch of the Yan family should be the descendant of Tang Shu Yu.
3. Taiyuan County: The county was established in the fourth year of King Qin Zhuangxiang’s reign during the Warring States Period. This branch of the Yan family should be the descendant of Tang Shu Yu.
Tang No.:
1. "Danqing Hall"
2. "Youxiangtang": In the Tang Dynasty, Yan Li was good at painting and paid homage to You Prime Minister. At that time, Jiang Ke was granted the title of Prime Minister Zuo due to his military exploits. People at that time praised him as "the prime minister on the left is famous for his work in the desert, and the prime minister on the right is famous for his paintings".
3. "Riyuetang": The name of Yan's ancestral hall in Peixian and Fengxian counties of Jiangsu Province is Riyuetang, which means that Yan Ermei and his descendants did not support the Qing Dynasty, but rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.
4. "Tianshui Hall".
5. "Henan Hall".
4. Historical celebrities
Yan Lide: a painter and engineer in the Tang Dynasty, a native of Yongzhou for ten thousand years. Like his father, he was good at crafts and painting and was well-known in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Yan Liben: Yan Lide’s younger brother. The most famous painter at that time, he was good at painting figures, especially portraits, good at depicting characters and expressions, and he was also good at calligraphy. His paintings of Taizong, "Eighteen Scholars of the Qin Mansion", "Pictures of Twenty-Four Heroes of Lingyan Pavilion", "Pictures of Foreign Countries", etc. were praised at that time. There are surviving pictures such as "Emperors of the Past Dynasties", "Xiao Yi earns money at the Orchid Pavilion", "Walking Chariot", and "Zhi Gong". There was Yan Weiyang in the Han Dynasty.
Yan Ciping: A painter of the Song Dynasty, he was good at painting landscapes and figures, especially cattle, which was quite vivid. Critics said that it "looks like Li Tang, but the traces do not catch the meaning". Existing works include "Picture of Herding Cows" and so on.
Yan Ermei, courtesy name Yongqing and nickname Gugu, was born in Peixian County. Chongzhen Gengwu Juren. When Li Zicheng fell into Beijing, Ermei sent a letter to invite troops to go to the north. He also dispersed his family wealth and made dead soldiers to serve as the vanguard. Since the party was formed, the martial arts have reached the peak. They repeatedly summoned Ermei and sent them to jail with broken ultimatums and curses. After being defeated, they were exempted. When he was hired by Shi Kefa to join the military, he was first advised to cross the river and return to Shandong, but he refused. At that time, Gao Jie was killed by Xu Dingguo, and Henan was in chaos. Ermei also said that he could go west to pacify it. The Jie tribe will be restrained and on standby, and the law can be used to appoint an admiral to control them all, and then retreat to protect Yangzhou. Ermei tried his best to stop it, and asked Xuzhou to open the capital. He called on the volunteers from Henan and Northern China, and was able to plan the Central Plains with one brigade. He also asked for hundreds of papers to be reported in vain, and published them at the right time, taking loyalty as an encouragement, so that the bandits and rebel commanders would not be distracted by the time limit, and would rarely look down upon them. None of the strategies worked, so he left with a letter. When Kefa was martyred, Ermei left for Huai'an, whereupon Liu Zeqing and Tian Yang prepared a battle plan and refused to listen. When the army entered Huaihe, Ermei led the strong men from Hebei to lie outside the city. The crowd was afraid of resistance, and the Taoist Taoist priest Tao Wanming gave special protection to him. Governor Zhao Fuxing wrote a letter to invite him, and Ermei cried bitterly and thanked him. Then he dispersed the crowd, fled to the sea, gave his blessing, and called him Monk Wudong. Return to Shandong and contact the leading experts from all over the world to try again. He then went to Henan and the capital, where he was arrested for the incident in Shandong and sent to Jinan prison. He escaped and was returned to Pei.
The arrest was imminent, and both his brother Ergen and his nephew Yujiu were arrested. His wife and concubine also hanged themselves. Ermei died in order to escape at night, changed her name to Weng Shen, with the courtesy name Zangruo, and traveled to the nine provinces of Chu, Shu, Qin and Jin. While passing the customs, I interacted with Wang Hongzhuan and others. It reaches Yulin in the north and enters Lanzhou from Ningxia. Every ten years, the prison will be released and then return. Not long after, he was captured by his enemies and came back to perish. Gong Ding rescued him and saved him. Go to Siling in the north and leave Yuguan in the east. Returning to Beijing, he met Gu Yanwu and traveled outside the Great Wall again. When he arrived in Taiyuan, he visited Fu Shan and formed an alliance with Suihan. Ermei has been running for a long time, experiencing many hardships and obstacles. Later, when I saw that the situation was over, I knew I couldn't do anything, so I paid it back. If you are drunk, you will scold everyone. Chang said with emotion: "There was no official in my ancestors. The country was destroyed, the family was destroyed in revenge, and the world was shaken. Although the matter failed in the end, the strong wind, strong grass, and the heroes of the common people were enough!" Then they sang and danced loudly. I cried for several lines. He died several years ago. Seventy-seven years old. Ermei was erudite and good at poetry, and had a collection of Bai Daoshan people.