Also known as Yen, State of Yan, Yan State, State of Yen, Yen State, state of Yan, Yan state, state of Yen
ancient state in northern China during the Shang, Zhou, and Warring States periods (11th century BC – 222 BC)
Key facts
- Status
- Kingdom/Principality
- Capital
- Ji (蓟) , Xiadu
- Government
- Monarchy
- Historical era
- Zhou dynasty
- Established
- 11th century BC
- Conquered by qin
- 222 BC
- Currency
- knife money , spade money , other ancient Chinese coinage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ancient Chinese state
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Xiadu
- Currency
- spade money
- Image
- YanZhuan.jpg
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0222-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Yan (state)
- cause of destruction
- Qin's Wars of Unification
- Commons category
- Yan (state)
- replaced by
- Qin
- replaces
- Ji
- described by source
- Records of the Grand Historian
- different from
- Yan
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Encyclopedic overview
Yan State knife money has been found in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Shaanxi, South Korea, Kyūshū and Naha.
Yan (Chinese: 燕; pinyin: Yān; Old Chinese pronunciation: *ʔˤe[n]) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Its capital was Ji (later known as Yanjing and now Beijing). During the Warring States period, the court was also moved to another capital at Xiadu at times.
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