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Yan Shigu颜师古

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Vice Director of the Secretariat, collated and corrected the Five Classics.

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Yan Shigu, and the people around them.

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KINSHIP

Kinship

Blood, marriage and sworn bonds

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ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

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THE UNSEEN

Mythic acts

Transformation, aid and divine punishment

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  1. Official history

    Old Book of Tang

    18 profile notes
    3 relations6 verified quotations
    • Li Shimin→ decree classics →Yan Shigu
    • Yan Shigu→ ordered to compile history →Li Shimin
    • Yan Shigu→ great-granduncle →Yan Gaoqing
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    1. 诏前中书侍郎颜师古考定《五经》

      decree classics · Old Book of Tang, 儒学传上

    2. 太宗敕秘书少监颜思古

      ruler-subject · Old Book of Tang, 礼仪志三

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  2. Official history

    New Book of Tang

    15 profile notes
    3 relations4 verified quotations
    • Li Shimin→ decree classics →Yan Shigu
    • Yan Zhenqing→ fifth-generation grandnephew →Yan Shigu
    • Wang Bo→ read commentary →Yan Shigu
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    1. 太宗时，诏秘书监颜师古等撰定弘农府君至高祖太武皇帝六庙乐曲舞名

      命撰乐 · New Book of Tang, 礼乐志十一

    2. 命秘书少监颜师古、谏议大夫朱子奢等集当时名儒博士杂议

      命集议 · New Book of Tang, 礼乐志四

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Relationship network

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Yan ShiguYan ShiguLi ShiminLi ShiminYan ZhenqingYan ZhenqingYan GaoqingYan GaoqingWang BoWang Bo
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Sources: New Book of Tang, 儒学传上; Old Book of Tang, 儒学传上; New Book of Tang, 南蛮下; Old Book of Tang, 刑法志; New Book of Tang, 回鹘传下; Old Book of Tang, 太宗本纪上; New Book of Tang, 宗室传; Old Book of Tang, 忠义传下

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