Glossary

Yanyou

延祐

Term · calendar

Chinese era name (延祐) of the Yuan for the years 1314–1320: 1314 is Yanyou 1 (元年) and Yanyou 7 is 1320. Yanyou (延祐) is a Chinese era name (nianhao) of the Yuan, proclaimed in 1314 under Ayurbarwada (仁宗). Its years are counted in lunar years: 1314 is Yanyou 1 (元年), 1320 its last year, Yanyou 7. A Chinese source dates a year within it as “Yanyou 2” (延祐二年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Huangqing. After: Zhizhi.