Yan Yan (Three Kingdoms)
Yan Yan | |
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| 嚴顏 | |
A Qing dynasty illustration of Yan Yan | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Zhong County, Chongqing |
| Died | Unknown |
| Occupation | Military general, politician |
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 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.