Huyan Yan was an important figure during the Disaster of Yongjia in 311 and was a supporter of Liu Yao following Jin Zhun's coup in 318.
10 Facts About Huyan Yan
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Huyan Yan was first to arrive at Luoyang, setting fire to many of the city's important infrastructures, plundering its wealth and capturing prisoners as he waited for his reinforcements to arrive.
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The Jin emperor, Emperor Huai, who was in the capital wanted to escape the city by boat, but Huyan Yan had them burned too.
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Emperor Huai attempted to flee, but Wang Mi and Huyan Yan's men found and held him.
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Huyan Yan was one of the many ministers to sign a petition offering their positions to Chen Yuanda, so Liu Cong recalled Chen Yuanda to the government.
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Huyan Yan led the surviving loyalists from Pingyang to meet Liu Yao at Chibi, where they urged him to become emperor.
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Huyan Yan had previously imprisoned the minister, You Ziyuan, who was against his decision to execute all the conspirators of a prior rebellion that led to the more drastic current one.
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Huyan Yan was tasked in attacking Liang's county of Sangbi.
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Huyan Yan was in support of having Liu Yin replace Liu Xi as Crown Prince, but this was met with a lengthy debate from the other ministers.
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Huyan Yan was no longer recorded from this point on.