Overview
Gongsun Zan was a warlord.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 198 建安三年Self immolation then beheaded · At the tower 臺Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 295
Attested activity
- AD 198 建安三年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 295
- AD 189 to AD 196 獻帝初Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 114, passages 293-294
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Wife of Gongsun Zan (公孫瓚妻)wife 妻 · WidowedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 295
- Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 295
- Kinship Role sisters · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 295
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 漢 · Relation ServedDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 114, passage 294
- At Qi 齊地 · Relation InvadedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 296
- At Yidi 易地 · Relation Moved headquarters toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 294
Events and relationships
- Defeated Yellow TurbansMilitary · CommanderDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 296
- Fortified city and amassed grainMilitary · DefenderDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 294
- Greatly defeatedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 295
- KilledDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 296
- Strangled sisters wife and childrenViolence · PerpetratorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 295
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment fierce prestige shook the land but he watched from a strong city and perished in Yidi · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 297
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 294
References in the histories
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