Character Profile: Wei Yan 魏延
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| Name Hanzi: 魏延 |
| Pronunciation: Wei Yan |
| Wade-Giles Spelling: Wêi Yan |
| Japanese Name: Giwn |
| Style Name: Wenchang |
| Allegiance: Shu |
| Lifespan: ?-234 A.D. |
| Relations: unknown |
This profile is a few years old. It will be re-written when I reach this character's death in my novel notes.
Wei Yan from Yiyang, "eight-span height, with a face dark brown as a ripe date", was unofficially the sixth of the Five Tiger Generals of Shu. He first served Liu Baio and afterwards Han Xuan, but ended up killing the latter for ignoring him. He served Shu for many years before rebelling, and was killed by Ma Dai.
Wei Yan was not at all liked by Zhuge Liang, who perhaps could see that Wei Yan's arrogance and ambition would someday lead to him to betray Shu. In fact, during a ceremony to prolong Zhuge Liang's life Wei Yan accidentally knocked over a certain lamp, ruining the ceremony and effectively dooming Zhuge Liang to his fate.
Last updated: 17 April 2008.