Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Scholar

Gu Tan 顧譚

Attested AD 221 - AD 229

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gu Tan was an official and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zimo	子嘿	Zimo

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 229 黃龍元年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 9
AD 221 是歲
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 3

Career and standing

rectifier of the heir 輔正
AD 229 黃龍元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 9

Places and affiliations

AD 229 黃龍元年
Organization the Four Friends 四友 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 9

Events and relationships

Later met ruin
Political · Subject
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 32
Relation Companion of · Person Sun Deng (孫登)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 3, 5, 9

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 · 5 passages

是歲，立登爲太子，選置師傅，銓簡秀士，以爲賔友，於是諸葛恪、張休、顧譚、陳表等以選入，侍講詩書，出從騎射。 The same year Sun Deng was made crown prince. Tutors were appointed and talented men chosen as his companions, so Zhuge Ke, Zhang Xiu, Gu Tan, Chen Biao, and others joined his household by competitive selection—indoors they expounded the Classics; outdoors they rode and shot with him.

登待接寮屬，略用布衣之禮，與恪、休、譚等或同輿而載，或共帳而寐。 With his staff Sun Deng kept to plain, almost commoner-level courtesy: he shared a carriage with Zhuge Ke, Zhang Xiu, Gu Tan, and the like, or slept in the same tent with them.

黃龍元年，權稱尊號，登爲皇太子，以恪爲左輔，休右弼，譚爲輔正，表爲翼正都尉，是爲四友，而謝景、范慎、刁玄、羊衜等皆爲賔客， In 229 Sun Quan took the imperial style; Sun Deng became crown prince. Zhuge Ke was named left support, Zhang Xiu right support, Gu Tan rectifier of the heir, and Chen Biao capital commandant who wings the rectifier—the group known as the Four Friends—while Xie Jing, Fan Shen, Diao Xuan, Yang Dao, and others served as his guests.

精識時機，達幽究微，則顧譚。 For sharp judgment of timing and insight into hidden motives, there is Gu Tan.

衜乃私駁綜曰：「元遜才而疏，子嘿精而狠，叔發辯而浮，孝敬深而狹。」 Yang Dao quietly contradicted Hu Zong: "Zhuge Ke is gifted but careless; Gu Tan is sharp but ruthless; Xie Jing is fluent but shallow; Fan Shen is deep but narrow-minded."