Yan Zhiyi

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Yan Zhiyi (颜之仪) (523–591), courtesy name Zisheng (子升),^[1] was a native of Linyi County, Langya Commandery (琅琊郡) (now Shandong Province). He was a minister during the Northern Zhou dynasty and a governor during the Sui dynasty.^[2] He died in the winter of 591-592 at the age of 69 (by East Asian reckoning).^[3]