Overview
The translated histories identify Huan Tan as an official, philosopher, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 26 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodQin and Han
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Huan Tan | 桓譚 | Huan Tan |
| Title | Clerk of the Minister of Works | 司空掾 | Sikong yuan |
| Surname | Huan | 桓 | Huan |
| Personal name | Huan Tan | 桓譚 | |
| Personal name | Huan Tan | 桓譚 | Huan Tan |
| Personal name | Huan Tan | 譚 | Tán |
| Courtesy name | Junshan | 君山 | Junshan |
| Given | Tan | 譚 | Tan |
| Given | Tan | 譚 | |
| Given | Tan | 譚 | Tán |
| Surname | 桓 | Huan | |
| Given | 譚 | Tan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:031:s0001
Roles
- Official
- Philosopher
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: illness on the road · Place: on the road to Lu'anExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0081
Age
- Age: 70 · Reckoning: sui · Qualifier: overExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0081
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 五交 · Western Year: c. AD 56Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0249
- Source Date: Text: 元和中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 84 · End: AD 87Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 光武之世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 56Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 哀、平間 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: AD 5Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 建武 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 56Strongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0203, houhanshu:032:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 成帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 更始 · Western Interval: Start: AD 23 · End: AD 25Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 桓譚以為絕倫 · Western Year: AD 18Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0195, hanshu:099:s0212
- Source Date: Text: 王莽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0001
Family
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- Child of Father of Huan TanKinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: assistant governor of Lu'an / 六安郡丞 · Action: appointedExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0081
- Label: gentleman cadet / 郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0003
- Label: Grandee of the Palace / 太中大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0024
- Label: grandee for music / 掌樂大夫 · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0024
- Clerk of the Minister of Works / 司空掾Explicit · hanshu:038:s0267
- Status: death-sentence-threatened · Action: threatened · Authority Person Id: Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝)Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0079, houhanshu:031:s0080
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Eastern Han / 東漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0024, houhanshu:031:s0082
- Polity: Western Han / 西漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0003, houhanshu:031:s0007
- Polity: Xin / 新 · Relation: servedExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0024
- Pei commandery / 沛郡Explicit · hanshu:038:s0267
- Place: Xiang in the princedom of Pei / 沛國相Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0001
- Place: Lu'an / 六安 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0081
- Place: Pei / 沛 · Relation: burialExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0085
Learning and skills
- Skill: literary composition / 文章 · Level: ableExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0005
- Skill: zither / 鼓琴 · Level: skilledExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0003
Works and attributed material
- Work: New Discussions / 新論 · Relation: authorExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0082
- Work: The Way of the Zither / 琴道 · Relation: authorExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0083
- Kind: analogy · Role: speaker · Statement: compared five friendships to the market stallExplicit · liangshu:014:s0249
- Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0022
- Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0025, houhanshu:031:s0026, houhanshu:031:s0027, houhanshu:031:s0028, houhanshu:031:s0029, houhanshu:031:s0030, houhanshu:031:s0031, houhanshu:031:s0032, houhanshu:031:s0033, houhanshu:031:s0034, houhanshu:031:s0035, houhanshu:031:s0036, houhanshu:031:s0037, houhanshu:031:s0038, houhanshu:031:s0039, houhanshu:031:s0040, houhanshu:031:s0041, houhanshu:031:s0042, houhanshu:031:s0043, houhanshu:031:s0044, houhanshu:031:s0045, houhanshu:031:s0046, houhanshu:031:s0047, houhanshu:031:s0048, houhanshu:031:s0049, houhanshu:031:s0050, houhanshu:031:s0051, houhanshu:031:s0052, houhanshu:031:s0053, houhanshu:031:s0054, houhanshu:031:s0055, houhanshu:031:s0056, houhanshu:031:s0059, houhanshu:031:s0060, houhanshu:031:s0061, houhanshu:031:s0062, houhanshu:031:s0063, houhanshu:031:s0064, houhanshu:031:s0065, houhanshu:031:s0066, houhanshu:031:s0067, houhanshu:031:s0068, houhanshu:031:s0069, houhanshu:031:s0070, houhanshu:031:s0071, houhanshu:031:s0072, houhanshu:031:s0073, houhanshu:031:s0074, houhanshu:031:s0075
Events and relationships
- Type: reports-to · Person Id: Zhen Feng (甄豐)Explicit · hanshu:038:s0267
- Relation: refused-association-with · Person Id: Dong Xian (董賢)Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0022
- Relation: paired-with · Person Id: Feng Yan (馮衍)Explicit · houhanshu:032:s0203, houhanshu:032:s0204
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Fu Yan (傅晏)Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0008
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: mocked vulgar Confucians and was often rejected · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:031:s0006
- Assessment: praised New Discussions · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝)Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0082
- Assessment: rejected omen lore · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:032:s0203
References in the histories
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