Song, Liao, and Jin · Eunuch and Official

Gan Bian 甘昪

Attested AD 1165 - AD 1173

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Gan Bian as an eunuch and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gan Bian 甘昪 Gan Bian
Given Bian
Surname Gan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Eunuch
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾道中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1165 · End: AD 1173
    Explicit event contextual date · songshi:469:s0116

Family

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  • Kin of Daughter-in-law of Gan Bian (甘昪之子婦)
    Kinship Term: daughter-in-law / 子婦 · Subject Role: daughter-in-law · Object Role: father-in-law
  • Child of Gan Ze (甘澤)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Son of Gan Bian (甘昪之子)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Gan Bing (甘昺)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

  • Label: property confiscated; died in disgrace / 籍其貲,竟以廢死 · Action: suffered
    Explicit · songshi:469:s0125

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 469Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen · 5 passages