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A scholar from the late Northern and Southern Dynasties period in China. His courtesy name was Kai. He was from Langya (Shandong Province). He is known as the author of the two volumes and 20 chapters of "The Yan Family Instructions." He first served under King Yi of Xiangdong of the Liang Dynasty (Emperor Yuan, reigned 551-554) as a cavalry officer, but then defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty, where he became a secretary and a yellow gate officer under Emperor Wenxuan (reigned 550-559), and was highly trusted by the emperor. After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he served the Northern Zhou Dynasty as a royal historian, and was later summoned to the Sui Dynasty as a scholar to the prince. He served many dynasties, spanning the northern and southern powers of the Liang, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties, but he was an honest man and highly learned, and was trusted by the emperors of each dynasty. His book, "Yan's Family Instructions," is a set of family instructions that teach how people should live as a warning to their descendants, but it also contains sections that develop literary theory, such as the "Wenshu Pian." His biography can be found in the "Book of the Northern Qi" and "Northern History."

[Shuji Suzuki January 19, 2016]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、南北朝時代末期の学者。字(あざな)は介(かい)。琅邪(ろうや)（山東省）の人。『顔氏家訓』2巻20編の著者として知られている。初め梁(りょう)の湘東王繹(しょうとうおうえき)（元帝、在位551〜554）に仕えて散騎侍郎(さんきじろう)となったが、北斉(ほくせい)に走り、文宣帝（在位550〜559）のもとで中書舎人(ちゅうしょしゃじん)、黄門侍郎となり、帝の厚い信頼を受けた。北斉が滅んだ後は北周に仕えて御史上士(ぎょしじょうし)となり、さらには隋(ずい)に召されて太子の学士となった。このように、梁・北斉・北周・隋と南北両勢力にまたがって各王朝に仕えた人物であったが、人格は誠実でまた学識に優れ、各王朝において帝の信任を受けた。その著『顔氏家訓』は、子孫への戒めとして人間の生き方を説いた家訓であるが、そのなかには「文章篇(へん)」のように、文学論を展開させた部分もある。伝記は『北斉書』『北史』にみられる。

［鈴木修次　2016年1月19日］

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