Originally from Zou Lu, he was born after Yan Sheng in Shanhaiguan in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Datong was born in Jiankang in the third year of 1911 (53 1) [according to legend, he was born in Jiangling (now Jiangling, Hubei)], and he has two brothers, Yan Zhiyi and Yan. When I was seven years old, I could recite "Luling Photoelectricity Fu". In the eighth year of Datong (542), he was in Jiangzhou (Jiangzhou ruled Xunyang, now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) with Wang Xiaoyi of Xiangdong. /kloc-at the age of 0/9 (547), he was a constant attendant of Xiao Yiyou, the king of eastern Hunan, and later entered Cao and was stationed in Jiangling. In 550, he joined the army for Xiao Fang. In the second year of Taiqing (548), Hou Jing rebellion broke out and Yan Zhitui was captured. Because the doctor Wang was saved by Hou Jing and was not killed, the prisoner was sent to Jiankang. In 552, Hou Jing was defeated and returned to Jiangling. Xiao Yi stood on his own feet in Jiangling, inherited from Wang Shen in the year of Shengyuan (552), and was ordered to proofread books for the assistant minister of Sanshi. In 554, the Western Wei captured Jiangling, was captured again and moved to Chang 'an. After fleeing to Beiqi, on the day of escape, "the value of the river soared, and the ship ran to its wife, which was in danger." . During the Northern Qi Dynasty, Xuan Di was an official in Tianbao for seven years (556). In 557, the soldiers in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were trapped in Jinyang, and were cited as the plain satrap and the Hejin garrison commander. At the end of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (579-580), he was like a court staff sergeant. When the Emperor ascended the throne in Sui Dynasty, Prince Yong Yang called him a bachelor, which was very respectful. Find the end of the disease. . He died in the 11th year of Qidi (59 1).

Combined with my family education and personal experience from primary school, I wrote a book Yan Jiaxun (420-58 1 year), advocating early education. He believes that people are single-minded when they are young; When you grow up, your thoughts are scattered and it is not easy to learn. Yuan Zhong said: "The family law of Yan Zhitui in the Six Dynasties was the most correct and the farthest." Zhou Zuoren highly praised Yan Zhitui's and Yan's family instructions, and wrote an article "Comments on Yan's Family Instructions after Reading" in "Reading at Night". There are two volumes of Yan Jiaxun in the miscellaneous category of the General Catalogue of the Four Books.

There are three sons: the eldest son Yan, the second son Yan Yuchu and the third son Yan Youqin.