Geng Yan ({{zh, c=耿弇; 3–58 AD) was a Chinese general of the
Eastern Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...
. He was the son of
Geng Kuang
Geng may refer to:
* Geng (dish) (羹), a thick soup
*Geng (surname) (耿), a Chinese surname
* Norbert Geng (born 1965), German lawyer and professor
* 21359 Geng, an asteroid
*Gen.G
Gen.G Esports ( ko, 젠지), previously known as KSV Esports, ...
(耿況), who was the governor of
Shanggu Commandery
Shanggu Commandery ( zh, 上谷郡) was a commandery in imperial China from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty. It was located in present-day Hebei and Beijing.
The commandery was established by the state of Yan for the defense against the ...
(上谷, roughly modern
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the southw ...
,
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...
). He initially served
Emperor Guangwu of Han
Emperor Guangwu of Han (; 15 January 5 BC – 29 March AD 57), born Liu Xiu (), courtesy name Wenshu (), was a Chinese monarch. He served as an emperor of the Han dynasty by restoring the dynasty in AD 25, thus founding the Eastern Han (Later ...
as clerk; later, he became one of the Emperor's most important generals, and contributed to the establishment of the Later
Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...
.
Emperor Ming honored Geng among those who had served his father well by painting their portraits on a palace tower(云台二十八将,
28 Generals of Yuntai); Geng's portrait was placed in the fourth position.
References
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Hou Han Shu
The ''Book of the Later Han'', also known as the ''History of the Later Han'' and by its Chinese name ''Hou Hanshu'' (), is one of the Twenty-Four Histories and covers the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE, a period known as the Late ...
'' by
Fan Ye, vol. 1 (Biography of Emperor Guangwu)
AD 3 births
58 deaths
Han dynasty generals
1st-century Chinese military personnel