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Zhen Yan, a Wei figure and elder brother of Empress Zhen, was posthumously granted the title Marquis of Anchengxiangmu in 237.

History Records, vol. 5 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 5Records of the Three Kingdoms

    … 〈《魏略》曰:后年十四,喪中兄儼,悲哀過制,事寡嫂謙敬,事處其勞,拊養儼子,慈愛甚篤。…
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    文昭甄皇后,中山無極人,明帝母,漢太保甄邯後也,世吏二千石。父逸,上蔡令。后三歲失父。 〈《魏書》曰:逸娶常山張氏,生三男五女:長男豫,早終;次儼,舉孝廉,大將軍掾、曲梁長;次堯,舉孝廉;長女姜,次脫,次道,次榮,次即后。后以漢光和五年十二月丁酉生。每寢寐,家中彷彿見如有人持玉衣覆其上者,常共怪之。逸薨,加號慕,內外益奇之。後相者劉良相后及諸子,良指后曰:「此女貴乃不可言。」后自少至長,不好戲弄。年八歲,外有立騎馬戲者,家人諸姊皆上閣觀之,后獨不行。諸姊怪問之,后答言:「此豈女人之所觀邪?」年九歲,喜書,視字輒識,數用諸兄筆硯,兄謂后言:「汝當習女工。用書為學,當作女博士邪?」后答言:「聞古者賢女,未有不學前世成敗,以為己誡。不知書,何由見之?」〉後天下兵亂,加以饑饉,百姓皆賣金銀珠玉寶物,時后家大有儲谷,頗以買之。后年十餘歲,白母曰:「今世亂而多買寶物,匹夫無罪,懷璧為罪。又左右皆飢乏,不如以穀振給親族鄰里,廣為恩惠也。」舉家稱善,即從后言。 〈《魏略》曰:后年十四,喪中兄儼,悲哀過制,事寡嫂謙敬,事處其勞,拊養儼子,慈愛甚篤。后母性嚴,待諸婦有常,后數諫母:「兄不幸早終,嫂年少守節,顧留一子,以大義言之,待之當如婦,愛之宜如女。」母感后言流涕,便令后與嫂共止,寢息坐起常相隨,恩愛益密。 〉

  • History · vol. 5Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …青龍二年春,追諡后兄儼曰安城鄉穆侯。夏,吳賊寇揚州,以像為伏波將軍,持節監諸將東征,還,復為射聲校尉。…
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    太和元年三月,以中山魏昌之安城鄉戶千,追封逸,諡曰敬侯;適孫像襲爵。四月,初營宗廟,掘地得玉璽,方一寸九分,其文曰「天子羨思慈親」,明帝為之改容,以太牢告廟。又嘗夢見后,於是差次舅氏親疏高下,敘用各有差,賞賜累鉅萬;以像為虎賁中郎將。是月,后母薨,帝制緦服臨喪,百僚陪位。四年十一月,以后舊陵庳下,使像兼太尉,持節詣鄴,昭告后土,十二月,改葬朝陽陵。像還,遷散騎常侍。青龍二年春,追諡后兄儼曰安城鄉穆侯。夏,吳賊寇揚州,以像為伏波將軍,持節監諸將東征,還,復為射聲校尉。三年薨,追贈衛將軍,改封魏昌縣,諡曰貞侯;子暢嗣。又封暢弟溫、韡、艷皆為列侯。四年,改逸、儼本封皆曰魏昌侯,諡因故。封儼世婦劉為東鄉君,又追封逸世婦張為安喜君。

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Zhen Yan was a Wei figure and the elder brother of Empress Zhen. He is mentioned in relevant accounts in the Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance of the Three Kingdoms does not mention him.

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In the spring of the second year of Qinglong, Zhen Yan was posthumously granted the title Marquis Mu of Ancheng County (according to historical records).

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