Wei Yan
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Wei Yan (? – 234), State of Shu Han general (died 234).

## Official history

> 魏延字文長，義陽人也。以部曲隨先主入蜀，數有戰功，遷牙門將軍。先主爲漢中王，遷治成都，當得重將以鎮漢川，眾論以爲必在張飛，飛亦以心自許。先主乃拔延爲督漢中鎮遠將軍，領漢中太守，一軍盡驚。先主大會群臣，問延曰：「今委卿以重任，卿居之欲云何？」延對曰：「若曹操舉天下而來，請爲大王拒之；偏將十萬之眾至，請爲大王吞之。

— 三国志/卷40[^zhengshi]

## Basic facts

- Died: 234[^wikidata]
- Birthplace: [Nanyang](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/henan-nanyang.html)[^wikidata]

## Portrayals

- [Wei Yan](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/wei-yan-sanguo.html) (character in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms)

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Ancient China https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/ancient-china.html

Relations:
- Born in: Nanyang https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/henan-nanyang.html
- Portrayals: Wei Yan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/wei-yan-sanguo.html (作品中的人物形象，原型为该历史人物。)

Mentioned in:
- Wei Yan https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/wei-yan-sanguo.html

Sources:
- Wikidata Q378539 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378539
- 魏延（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%8F%E5%BB%B6
- 三国志/卷40（维基文库） https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E5%9C%8B%E5%BF%97/%E5%8D%B740