Zhao Yan

趙儼
Courtesy name: Boran (伯然)
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Born
171
Died
245
Ancestral home
Yangzhai, Yingchuan (Yuzhou City, Henan)
Book mentions
3
Roles:
politician
Factions:
Cao Wei (primary)
Appears in 2 chapters:
  • Chapter 20 — Cao Cao Organizes A Hunting Expedition In Xutian; Dong Cheng Receives A Secret Command In The Palace.
    Court Counselor who impeaches Cao Cao for stripping Yang Biao without a decree - and is arrested and executed for it, the stroke that silences the court.
  • Chapter 22 — Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field; Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.
    Held up in Chen Lin's manifesto as proof of the tyranny: the honest censor whose words once moved the Emperor, arrested and put to death by Cao Cao 'in defiance of all legal procedures'.