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This article covers the officer at the time of the Three Kingdoms. For the Northern Yan Empire (chin. Bei Yan ), see Northern Yan Empire .

Bei Yan ( Chinese  卑 衍 , Pinyin Bēi Yǎn ; * in China ; † 237 ibid) was an officer at the time of the Three Kingdoms (3rd century AD) in ancient China who served the Chinese warlord Gongsun Yuan . After he broke away from his liege lord Cao Rui (Emperor of the Wei Dynasty ) in 237 , he faced his general Sima Yi on the battlefield. He lost the battle and withdrew. Once again he rallied his troops and dared a second attack, but fell after a tough fight in a duel with Wei General Xiahou Ba .

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. In here thus the surname, Yan is the first name.