Qin and Han · Powerful Clan Head

Gongsun Dan 公孙丹

Attested AD 9 - AD 25

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Gongsun Dan as a landowner 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 Gongsun Dan 公孙丹 Gongsun Dan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Landowner
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: AD 9-25 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 25
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0018

Family

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  • Kinship Role: clan kin and allies · Quantity: more than thirty · Action: armed protest at the prefectural headquarters

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 5 passages