Ancient China · General

Guan Dingfu 观丁父

Attested BC 740 - BC 690

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guan Dingfu was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 740 to BC 690 昔观丁父，鄀俘也，武王以为军帅
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 13

Career and standing

army commander 军帅
BC 740 to BC 690 昔观丁父，鄀俘也，武王以为军帅
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 13
Taken
BC 740 to BC 690 昔观丁父，鄀俘也，武王以为军帅 · Captive · At Ruo 鄀
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 13

Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 15

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Jing worthy predecessor; later famous Chu minister · Mode quotation Speaker Sun Quan (孫權)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 15

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 61Volume 61: Book of Wu 16: Biographies of Pan Jun and Lu Kai · 1 passage

权慰劳与语，呼其字曰：「承明，昔观丁父，鄀俘也，武王以为军帅； Sun Quan comforted him and addressed him by his courtesy name: "Chengming, Guan Dingfu of old was a prisoner taken at Ruo, yet King Wu of Chu made him a field commander;