Five Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Bian Gan 邊玕

Attested AD 945

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Bian Gan as an official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Bian Gan 邊玕 Bian Gan
Title Author of the Secretariat 秘書省著作郎

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: offered loyal counsel displaying compassionate rule · Provenance: Mode: imperial-judgment

Source notes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 147Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law · 2 passages