His descendants were as enterprising as he had expected. His grandson Yan Shigu, who lived under the Tang dynasty, was an important commentator on The History of the Han Dynasty, while the fifth generation of his descendants included the renowned calligrapher Yan Zhenqing and the statesman Yan Haoqing.
他的孫子顏師古是唐朝注《漢書》的大學問家，五世孫又出了譽滿書林的顏真卿和名政治家顏杲卿。