Chen Yan (d. 891) was a Chinese warlord in Fujian during the late Tang dynasty. He served as governor (观察使 guāncháshǐ) of the Fujian Circuit, headquartered...

Chen Yan or Yan Chen may refer to the following people surnamed Chen: Chen Yan (governor) (died 891), governor of Fujian during the Tang dynasty Chen...

Yan Yan (fl. 211–214 A.D.) was a Chinese military general and politician who served under Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province (covering present-day...

Yan Zhenqing (simplified Chinese: 颜真卿; traditional Chinese: 顏真卿; pinyin: Yán Zhēnqīng; Wade–Giles: Yen Chen-ch'ing; 709 – 23 August 784) was a Chinese...

Yan Jiachi came of the Suzhou prestigious family, Dongshan Yan Family (東山嚴氏). He successively held the several local governors, for example, governor...

Powers, Chen signed a surrender instrument with General Ando Rikichi, governor-general of Taiwan, in Taipei City Hall (current Zhongshan Hall). Chen Yi proclaimed...

fight the Yellow Turban rebels. In Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms, however, there is no record of Liu Yan assuming governorship of You Province...

present-day Shandong and Henan) in Yan Province. Around 191, when Cao Cao became the Governor of Yan Province, he recruited Bi Chen to serve as an Assistant Officer...

The Chen dynasty (traditional Chinese: 陳朝; simplified Chinese: 陈朝; pinyin: Chén Cháo), alternatively known as the Southern Chen (南陳 / 南朝陳) in historiography...

Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), Chen Jinfeng was born in 893. Her father, legally, was Chen Yan, the governor of Fujian Circuit (福建, headquartered...

Kingdoms, Yan Baihu was very influential with the Shanyue tribes and even with the Han officials in the Wu area. When Liu Yao was appointed as Governor of Yang...

Yan Xishan (IPA: [jɛ̌n ɕíʂán]; 8 October 1883 – 22 July 1960; also romanized as Yen Hsi-shan) was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the...

Cao Cao's advisor Chen Gong urged him to take control of Yan Province and secure it as a base for conquering other territories. Chen Gong volunteered to...

was too risky, prompting Wei Yan to call Zhuge Liang a coward and complain that his talent was not put to good use. When Chen Shou compiled the unofficial...

an army against Chen from the southwest, while Lu Wan, the king of Yan and the emperor's childhood friend, led his army against Chen from the northeast...

subordinates Chen Gong, Xu Si (許汜) and Wang Kai (王楷), started a rebellion. Chen Gong persuaded Zhang Miao to join them in welcoming Lü Bu into Yan Province...

in Xiushui, Jiujiang [Kowallis, p. 169]. His father was Chen Baozhen, Qing dynasty governor of Hunan. Along with Zheng Xiaoxu and Shen Zengzhi, he became...

Yen Chia-kan (Chinese: 嚴家淦; pinyin: Yán Jiāgàn; Wade–Giles: Yen2 Chia1-kän4; 23 October 1905 – 24 December 1993), also known as C. K. Yen, was a Chinese-Taiwanese...

swarmed into Yan Province from Qing Province. Liu Dai, the Governor of Yan Province, was killed in a battle against the rebels. Bao Xin, Chen Gong and others...

Lin Biao Governor of Anhui Province — Huang Yan Governor of Fujian Province — Wei Jinshui Governor of Gansu Province — Deng Baoshan Governor of Guangdong...

forward command center. Chen took a sick leave in Taiwan to treat his chronic stomach ailment. Chiang appointed Chen as the Governor of Taiwan Province in...

and his father Liu Yun (柳惲) was a Liang official. When Liu Yan died while being governor of Poyang Commandery (鄱陽, roughly modern Shangrao, Jiangxi)...

general Xiao Chen (蕭諶) of treason and executed him, it was Xiao Yan that he sent to arrest and execute Xiao Chen's brother Xiao Dan (蕭誕) the governor of Si Province...

through Chen and made camp at Pingyu, the Chu army led by Xiang Yan assaulted the Qin camp but failed to push back the invaders. When Xiang Yan tried to...

(義士) Bryan Leung as Laochen (老陳), a biscuit seller (credited as Leung Ka Yan) Chen Kuan-tai as Brother Tai (credited as Chan Koon Tai), a Revolutionist (義士)...

governor of Jiujiang but eventually gave the governorship to Chen Ji (陳紀). Later, when Yuan Shu was denied a large loan of grains from the governor of...

capital, Chang'an, respectively. Chen Gong's most significant contribution while serving Cao Cao was the taking over of Yan Province (兖州; covering present-day...

the rebel Yan army to capture the city of Suiyang from forces loyal to the Tang dynasty. Although the battle was ultimately won by the Yan army, it suffered...

Chen Shubao (Chinese: 陳叔寶; pinyin: Chén Shúbǎo, 10 December 553 – 16 December 604), also known as Houzhu of Chen (陳後主; Chén Hòuzhǔ; 'Last Ruler of Chen')...

chaos allowed these local governors to easily rule independently of the central government. Liu Yan was also promoted as governor of Yi Province (roughly...