Chen Yan
Chen Yan, former Administrator of Hejian, sheltered Chang Lin, who advised the fortress during Zhang Yang’s siege.
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History · vol. 23Records of the Three Kingdoms
…依故河間太守陳延壁。陳、馮二姓，舊族冠冕。張楊利其婦女，貪其資貨。…
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常林字伯槐，河內溫人也。年七歲，有父黨造門，問林：「伯先在否？汝何不拜！」林曰：「雖當下客，臨子字父，何拜之有？」於是咸共嘉之。〈魏略曰：林少單貧。雖貧，自非手力，不取之於人。性好學，漢末爲諸生，帶經耕鉏。其妻常自餽餉之，林雖在田野，其相敬如賓。〉太守王匡起兵討董卓，遣諸生於屬縣微伺吏民罪負，便收之，考責錢穀贖罪，稽遲則夷滅宗族，以崇威嚴。林叔父撾客，爲諸生所白，匡怒收治。舉宗惶怖，不知所責多少，懼繫者不救。林往見匡同縣胡母彪曰：「王府君以文武高才，臨吾鄙郡。鄙郡表裏山河，土廣民殷，又多賢能，惟所擇用。今主上幼沖，賊臣虎據，華夏震慄，雄才奮用之秋也。若欲誅天下之賊，扶王室之微，智者望風，應之若響，克亂在和，何征不捷。苟無恩德，任失其人，覆亡將至，何暇匡翼朝廷，崇立功名乎？君其藏之！」因說叔父見拘之意。彪即書責匡，匡原林叔父。林乃避地上黨，耕種山阿。當時旱蝗，林獨豐收，盡呼比鄰，升斗分之。依故河間太守陳延壁。陳、馮二姓，舊族冠冕。張楊利其婦女，貪其資貨。林率其宗族，爲之策謀。見圍六十餘日，卒全堡壁。
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Chen Yan was the former Administrator of Hejian. According to the account in volume 23 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, this person does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
When Chang Lin sought refuge in Shangdang, he took shelter behind Chen Yan’s fortified walls. Zhang Yang coveted the women and property of the Chen and Feng clans and besieged the fortress for more than sixty days. Chang Lin offered him a strategy, and the fortress was ultimately preserved (as recorded in the histories).
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- Chang Lin took shelter behind Chen Yan’s fortified walls.
- Chen Yan and the Feng clan were both eminent old families.
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Chang Lin
Friend
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History · vol. 23
- Chang Lin§13
Friend
Chang Lin took refuge at another person's fortified settlement to escape the disorder, and devised plans for its defense
- Zhang Yang§13
Enemy
Zhang Yang besieged his fortified camp for over sixty days but ultimately could not capture it