page_title: Yan Yan (Three Kingdoms)
hierarchical_section_title: Yan Yan (Three Kingdoms)
caption_attribution_description: English: Qing dynasty portrait of Yan Yan
context_page_description: Yan Yan was a military officer who served under Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province, during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Although there is very little information about Yan Yan in historical records, he is given a much prominent role in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a general who initially serves under Liu Zhang before switching allegiance to Liu Bei later.
context_section_description: Yan Yan (fl. 211–214 A.D.) was a military officer who served under Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing), during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Although there is very little information about Yan Yan in historical records, he is given a much prominent role in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a general who initially serves under Liu Zhang before switching allegiance to Liu Bei later.
caption: A Qing dynasty illustration of Yan Yan
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