Qin and Han · Official

Guo Tang 郭唐

Attested AD 24

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Tang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 24 更始二年春
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 24, passage 8

Career and standing

governor of Henan 河南尹
Reached
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 38

Events and relationships

Held xindu
AD 23 及王郎起 · Military · Defender · At Xindu 信都 · With Wang Lang (王郎)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 8

Assessments and attributes

Assessment capable · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 38

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 8

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 24Volume 21: Biographies of Ren, Li, Wan, Pi, Liu, Geng · 2 passages

及王郎起，郡國皆降之，光獨不肯，遂與都尉李忠、令萬脩、功曹阮況、五官掾郭唐等同心固守。 When Wang Lang rebelled, every district around them capitulated; Ren Guang alone held out, standing shoulder to shoulder with Commandant Li Zhong, Magistrate Wan Xiu, merit officer Ruan Kuang, registrar Guo Tang, and the rest to defend the city.

後阮況為南陽太守，郭唐至河南尹，皆有能名。 Later Ruan Kuang served as governor of Nanyang and Guo Tang rose to governor of Henan; both were remembered as capable officials.