Qin and Han · General and Official

Fan Kuai 樊噲

Attested BC 195

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Fan Kuai was a general and Official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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8 passages

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 56House of Chancellor Chen · 8 passages
二人既受詔,馳傳未至軍,行計之曰:「樊噲,帝之故人也,功多,且又乃呂后弟呂媭之夫,有親且貴,帝以忿怒故,欲斬之,則恐後悔。 The two men received the edict and rode the relay, but before reaching the army they conferred along the way. "Fan Kuai is an old companion of the emperor," they reasoned, "a man of great merit, and moreover the husband of Empress Lu's sister Lu Xu—he has both kinship and rank. The emperor wishes to behead him out of anger, but may well regret it later.