Yan Chen (academic)
Chen Yan or Yan Chen may refer to the following people surnamed Chen: * Chen Yan (governor) (died 891), governor of Fujian during the Tang dynasty * Chen Yan (born 1963), Chinese politician, mayor of Tongren, mayor of Guiyang, vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference * Chen Yan (writer) (born 1963), Chinese dramatist and novelist * Yan Chen (economist) (born 1966), Chinese American behavioral and experimental economist * Yan Chen (mechanical engineer), Chinese professor of mechanical engineering * Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1979), female Chinese backstroke swimmer * Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1981), female Chinese individual medley and freestyle swimmer {{Hndis ...
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Chen Yan (governor)
Chen Yan (. 891) was a Chinese warlord in Fujian during the late Tang. He served as governor (观察使 ''guāncháshǐ'') of the Fujian Circuit, headquartered in what is now Fuzhou. Life It is not known when Chen Yan was born, but it is known that he was from Jian Prefecture ( now Nanping).''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 256. In or around 878, when the major agrarian rebel Huang Chao was pillaging the Fujian region on his way south toward Guang Prefecture (廣州 in modern Guangzhou, Guangdong), Chen gathered several thousand men around him to protect their home territory, and named the army Jiulong Army (). Then-governor of Fujian, Zheng Yi () thus made Chen his deputy in his position as the military prefect (團練使 ''Tuanlianshi'') of Fujian's capital Fu (now Fuzhou). While Chen was serving as deputy military prefect, there was an occasion when Li Lian () the prefect of Quan Prefecture (泉州, in modern Quanzhou, Fujian) was found guilty of a crime. Fearful of punishment, ...
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