Qin and Han · Official and Statesman

Chen Fan 陳蕃

Died AD 168

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Fan was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 168 建寧元年
Cause Killed by eunuchs
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 346

Attested activity

AD 168 建寧元年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 346

Career and standing

Grand Tutor 太傅
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 346

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 75, passage 346

Events and relationships

Killed by eunuchs
Political · Victim · With Dou Wu (竇武)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 346

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 75Volume 68: Biographies of Guo, Fu, Xu · 1 passage

建寧元年，太傅陳蕃、大將軍竇武爲閹人所害，林宗哭之於野，慟。 In the first year of the Jianning era, Grand Tutor Chen Fan and Grand General Dou Wu were murdered by eunuchs. Linzong mourned them in the open country, overcome with grief.