Overview
Fan Xi was a Han administrator and hydraulic-project sponsor.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 121 to BC 120 其後Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 66, 68
- c. BC 120 其後河東守番系言Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 38
- c. BC 120 後河東守番係言Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 46
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- canal project director 穿渠主持者Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 68
- Administrator of Hedong 河東守HeldDirectly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 46
- governor of Hedong 河東守HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 38
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 46
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passage 38
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 68
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passages 38-41
Events and relationships
- Dug canalEngineering · Sponsor · At Fen and Yellow River canal 汾、河渠 · Outcome Employed tens of thousands; unfinished after two or three periodsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 68, 70
- Proposed canals from the Fen and Yellow rivers to irrigate HedongHydraulic · Project sponsorDirectly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 46-49
- Proposed Hedong canal irrigationPolicy · ProposerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 29, passages 38-41
References in the histories
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