Yan Hui

Yan Hui
Yan Hui in Half-Portraits of the Great Sage and Virtuous Men of Old (至聖先賢半身像)
Traditional Chinese	顏回
Simplified Chinese	颜回
Hanyu Pinyin	Yán Huí
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yán Huí Bopomofo ㄧㄢˊ   ㄏㄨㄟˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Yan Hwei Wade–Giles Yen2 Hui2 Yale Romanization Yán Hwéi IPA [jɛ̌n xwěɪ] Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) *C.ŋˤrar [ɢ]ʷˤəj

Alternative names
Yan Hui in his temple at Qufu in Shandong
Courtesy name Ziyuan
Traditional Chinese	子淵
Simplified Chinese	子渊
Hanyu Pinyin	Zǐyuān
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǐyuān Bopomofo ㄗˇ   ㄩㄢ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Tzyy'iuan Wade–Giles Tzŭ3-yüan1 Yale Romanization Džywān IPA [tsɹ̩̀.ɥɛ́n]
Yan Yuan
Traditional Chinese	顏淵
Simplified Chinese	颜渊
Hanyu Pinyin	Yán Yuān
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yán Yuān Bopomofo ㄧㄢˊ   ㄩㄢ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Yan Iuan Wade–Giles Yen2 Yüan1 Yale Romanization Yán Ywān IPA [jɛ̌n ɥɛ́n]
Master Yan
Traditional Chinese	顏子
Simplified Chinese	颜子
Hanyu Pinyin	Yánzǐ
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yánzǐ Bopomofo ㄧㄢˊ   ㄗˇ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Yantzyy Wade–Giles Yen2 Tzŭ3 Yale Romanization Yándž IPA [jɛ̌n.tsɹ̩̀]
Posthumous name Fusheng
Traditional Chinese	複聖 復聖
Simplified Chinese	复圣
Hanyu Pinyin	Fùshèng
Literal meaning	Second Coming of the Sage
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fùshèng Bopomofo ㄈㄨˋ   ㄕㄥˋ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Fuhshenq Wade–Giles Fu4-shêng4 Yale Romanization Fùshèng IPA [fû.ʂə̂ŋ]

Yan Hui (c. 521–481 BC) was a Chinese philosopher. He was the favorite disciple of Confucius^[1] and one of the most revered figures of Confucianism. He is venerated in Confucian temples as one of the Four Sages.