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Guan Ying 灌嬰

Guàn Yīng

Attested BC 209 - BC 141

Passages
30
Chapters
15
Histories
4

Overview

The translated histories identify Guan Ying as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 30 passages from 15 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guan Ying 灌嬰 Guàn Yīng
Personal
Title General Guan 灌將軍
Title General Guan 灌將軍 Guàn Jiāngjūn
Title Grand marshal 太尉
Surname Guan Guan
Personal name Guan Guan
Personal name Guan Ying 灌嬰 Guan Ying
Personal name Guan Ying 灌嬰
Personal Guan Ying 灌嬰 Guan Ying
Personal Guan Ying Guan Ying
Personal name Guan Ying 灌嬰 Guàn Yīng
Personal name Guan Ying Guàn
Title Marquis of Yingyin 潁陰侯
Title Marquis Yingyin 潁陰侯 Yǐngyīn hóu
Given name Ying Ying
Personal name Ying Yīng
Personal Ying Yīng
Given Ying
Alternate name 樊灌

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 七年冬十月 · Western Year: BC 189
    Explicit · hanshu:003:s0059
  • Source Date: Text: 二年…潁陰侯臣嬰 · Western Year: BC 186
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0011
  • Source Date: Text: 八年…大將軍灌嬰 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:004:s0046
  • Source Date: Text: 史臣比喻 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 180
    Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0153
  • Source Date: Text: 太后崩 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0053
  • Source Date: Text: 孝文 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:084:s0143, shiji:084:s0132
  • Source Date: Text: 漢之樊灌 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: BC 176
    Strongly inferred · weishu:039:s0020
  • Source Date: Text: 漢初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 141
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:051:s0086
  • Source Date: Text: 漢將灌嬰追得齊守相田光 · Western Year: BC 204
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:094:s0061, shiji:094:s0065

Career and standing

  • Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit · hanshu:004:s0046
  • Label: Grand Marshal / 太尉 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年冬十月 · Western Year: BC 189
    Explicit · hanshu:003:s0059
  • General / 將軍
    Explicit · hanshu:044:s0274
  • Title En: Chancellor · Title Zh: 丞相
    Explicit · hanshu:005:s0124
  • Title: Marquis of Yingyin / 潁陰侯 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:004:s0011
  • Title En: Marquis Yingyin · Title Zh: 潁陰侯
    Explicit · hanshu:005:s0124

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured-Tian-Guang-defeated-Tian-Heng-killed-Tian-Xi
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: led-forces-to-xingyang · Place: Xingyang / 滎陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年冬十月 · Western Year: BC 189
    Explicit · hanshu:003:s0059
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: sent against Qi then allied · Place: Xingyang / 滎陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: BC 180

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 3Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Hui · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 4Volume 3: Annals of Empress Lü Zhi · 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 6 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 44Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 51Houses of Jing and Yan · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 94Biography of Tian Dan, King of Qi · 3 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 39Volume 34: Wang Luo Er, Che Lutou, Lu Luyuan, Chen Jian, Wan Anguo · 1 passage
Book of Zhou, Chapter 17Volume 17 Biographies 9: Liang Yu; Guo Ganhui; Yi Feng; Liu Liang; Wang De · 1 passage