Zhao Yan (Three Kingdoms)

Zhao Yan
趙儼
Minister of Works (司空)
In office
9 April (9 April) – July or August 245 (July or August 245)
MonarchCao Fang
Preceded byCui Lin
Succeeded byGao Rou
General of Agile Cavalry (驃騎將軍)
In office
243 (243) – 9 August 245 (9 August 245)
MonarchCao Fang
Succeeded byLiu Fang
General Who Attacks the West (征西將軍)
In office
?–243
MonarchCao Fang
General Who Attacks Shu (征蜀將軍)
In office
239–?
MonarchCao Fang
Minister of Finance (大司農)
In office
?–239
MonarchCao Rui
Military Adviser to the Grand Marshal
(大司馬軍師)
In office
?–?
MonarchCao Rui
Master of Writing (尚書)
In office
?–?
MonarchCao Rui
In office
223
MonarchCao Pi
Military Adviser to the General Who Attacks the East (征東軍師)
In office
223–226
MonarchCao Pi
General of the Household for Fiscal Revenue (度支中郎將)
In office
223
MonarchCao Pi
General of the Household for Agriculture (典農中郎將)
In office
?–222
MonarchCao Pi
Administrator of Hedong (河東太守)
In office
?–?
MonarchCao Pi
Preceded byDu Ji
Chief Commandant of Escorting Cavalry (駙馬都尉)
In office
?–?
MonarchCao Pi
Palace Attendant (侍中)
In office
220–?
MonarchCao Pi
Consultant (議郎)
In office
219–220
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Army Protector of Guanzhong (關中護軍)
In office
?–219
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Administrator of Fufeng (扶風太守)
In office
211–?
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Personal details
Born171[a]
Yuzhou, Henan
DiedJuly or August 245 (aged 74)[b]
ChildrenZhao Ting
OccupationOfficial, general
Courtesy nameBoran (伯然)
Posthumous nameMarquis Mu (穆侯)
PeerageMarquis of a Chief District (都鄉侯)

Zhao Yan (171 – July or August 245), courtesy name Boran, was a government official and military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty.[1]


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  1. ^ de Crespigny (2007), pp. 1110–1111.