Fan Kuai (樊噲) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Fan Kuai as an aristocrat, envoy, general, and military officer. This record brings together 31 passages from 12 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Fan Kuai	樊噲	Fán Kuài
Personal
Title	Chancellor Fan Kuai	丞相噲
Surname	Fan	樊
Surname	Fan	樊	Fán
Personal name	Fan Kuai	樊噲	Fan Kuai
Personal	Fan Kuai	樊噲	Fan Kuai
Personal name	Fan Kuai	樊噲
Personal name	Fan Kuai	樊噲	Fán Kuài
Personal	Fan Kuai	樊噲
Personal	Fan Kuai	噲
Personal name	Kuai	噲	Kuai
Given	Kuai	噲
Given	Kuai	噲	Kuài
Given	Kuai	噲	Kuai
Title	Marquis Kuai of Wuyang	舞陽侯噲
Title	Marquis of Wuyang	舞陽侯
Title	Senior General	上將軍
Title	Supreme General	上將軍	Shàngjiàngjūn
Alternate name		樊灌

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:001:s0533, hanshu:003:s0057, hanshu:046:s0023, houhanshu:131:s0087, shiji:098:s0014, shiji:100:s0031
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:017:s0226, shiji:057:s0074, weishu:039:s0020

Roles

Aristocrat
Envoy
General
Military Officer
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六年夏六月 · Western Year: BC 189
Explicit · hanshu:003:s0057

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 代丞相噲 · Western Interval: Start: BC 196 · End: BC 195
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:098:s0014
Source Date: Text: 代樊噲將 · Western Year: BC 195
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0074
Source Date: Text: 以入項羽軍 · Western Year: BC 206
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:131:s0087, houhanshu:131:s0090
Source Date: Text: 六年夏六月 · Western Year: BC 189
Explicit · hanshu:003:s0057
Source Date: Text: 呂后 · Western Interval: Start: BC 195 · End: BC 180
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:100:s0031
Source Date: Text: 呂太后…召諸將議 · Western Interval: Start: BC 195 · End: BC 180
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:046:s0022, hanshu:046:s0023
Source Date: Text: 困於平城 · Western Year: BC 200
Explicit · hanshu:046:s0026
Source Date: Text: 困於平城 · Western Year: BC 200
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:100:s0034
Source Date: Text: 故當其有事也，非蕭、曹… · Western Year: BC 200
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0070
Source Date: Text: 樊噲冠 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 189
Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0226
Source Date: Text: 漢之樊灌 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 189
Strongly inferred · weishu:039:s0020

Career and standing

Label: senior general / 上將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:046:s0023
Label: Supreme General / 上將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:100:s0031
Title: Marquis of Wuyang / 舞陽侯 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:003:s0057

Places and affiliations

Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:046:s0023

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Empress Lü (呂后)
Explicit · hanshu:046:s0023, shiji:100:s0031

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: guard · Action: entered-Xiang-Yu-camp · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽)
Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0087, houhanshu:131:s0090
Kind: military-proposal · Role: proposer · Action: proposed-attack-on-xiongnu
Explicit · shiji:100:s0031
Kind: military · Role: protector · Action: stood-beside-King-of-Han · Other Person Id: Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Explicit · houhanshu:131:s0090