Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Gu Tan 顧譚

Attested AD 242 - AD 251

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gu Tan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 242 to AD 251 赤烏五年以後
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 142-143, 148

Career and standing

Grand Master of Ceremonies 太常
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 148
Banished
Exile · At Jiaozhou 交州
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 143

Places and affiliations

At Jiaozhou 交州 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 143

Events and relationships

Argued legitimate heir cannot be displaced
Political · Advocate · With Sun He (孫和)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 142
Relation Partisan of · Person Sun He (孫和)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 148

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 142

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 59Volume 59: Book of Wu 14: Biographies of the Five Sons of the Lord of Wu · 3 passages

魯王霸覬覦滋甚，陸遜、吾粲、顧譚等數陳適庶之義，理不可奪，全寄、楊笁爲魯王霸支黨，譖愬日興。 Prince Sun Ba of Lu eyed the throne more openly. Lu Xun, Wu Can, and Gu Tan repeatedly argued the law of legitimate heir versus younger sons, but Quan Ji and Yang Zhu backed Sun Ba, and slander flew daily.

粲遂下獄誅，譚徙交州。 Wu Can was jailed and killed; Gu Tan was banished to Jiaozhou.

丞相陸遜、大將軍諸葛恪、太常顧譚、驃騎將軍朱據、會稽太守滕胤、大都督施績、尚書丁密等奉禮而行，宗事太子，驃騎將軍步隲、鎮南將軍呂岱、大司馬全琮、左將軍呂據、中書令孫弘等附魯王，中外官僚將軍大臣舉國中分。 Chancellor Lu Xun, Grand General Zhuge Ke, Grand Master of Ceremonies Gu Tan, Cavalry General Zhu Ju, Administrator of Kuaiji Teng Yin, Grand Commander Shi Ji, Minister Ding Mi, and others acted according to ritual and treated the heir apparent as principal. Cavalry General Bu Zhi, General Who Guards the South Lü Dai, Grand Marshal Quan Zong, Left General Lü Ju, Director of the Secretariat Sun Hong, and others attached themselves to the Prince of Lu. Officials inside and outside court, generals, and great ministers were divided throughout the state.