Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Ji Dan 姬澹

Attested AD 304 - AD 316

Passages: 10
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ji Dan as a general and official. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Ji Dan	姬澹	Ji Dan
Courtesy	Shiya	世雅	Shiya

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Death

Cause: destroyed in pursuit by Kong Chang · Responsible Person Id: Kong Chang (孔萇)
Explicit · weishu:028:s0126

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 劉琨、石勒之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 304 · End: AD 316
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:028:s0109, weishu:028:s0125

Career and standing

Label: assisting minister / 左右輔相 · Action: appointed after Wei Cao’s death
Explicit · weishu:028:s0115
Label: general / 將 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Emperor Huan (桓帝)
Explicit · weishu:028:s0110
Label: provincial aide / 州從事 · Action: held under Jin
Explicit · weishu:028:s0109
Label: General of Faith and Righteousness / 信義將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · weishu:028:s0113
Title: Marquis of Loufan / 樓煩侯 · Action: held
Explicit · weishu:028:s0113

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Statement: warned followers to flee before the newcomers were killed
Explicit · weishu:028:s0117

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Action: defeated by Shi Le and fled with over one thousand riders
Explicit · weishu:028:s0125
Kind: migration · Action: entered the state with Wei Cao
Explicit · weishu:028:s0005, weishu:028:s0110
Kind: rebellion · Action: led Wuhuan and Jin followers in revolt
Explicit · weishu:028:s0119
Kind: military · Action: sent against Shi Le by Liu Kun · Other Person Ids: Shi Le (石勒), Liu Kun (劉琨)
Explicit · weishu:028:s0124, weishu:028:s0125

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: bold, resourceful, and renowned in war · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · weishu:028:s0109, weishu:028:s0110

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 28Volume 23: Wei Cao, Mo Han, Liu Kuren · 10 passages

始祖崩後，與從子雄及其宗室鄉親姬澹等十數人，同來歸國，說桓穆二帝招納晉人，於是晉人附者稍眾。 When the founding ancestor passed away, Cao came home with his nephew Xiong and a dozen-odd kinsmen and neighbors, among them Ji Dan, and urged the Huan and Mu emperors to welcome Jin subjects. From then on Jin adherents grew steadily in number.

衞雄、姬澹、莫含等名，皆見碑。 Wei Xiong, Ji Dan, Mo Han, and others are all named on the monument.

雄字世遠，澹字世雅，並勇健多計畫，晉世州從事。 Xiong's style was Shiyuan, and Dan's was Shiya; both were bold, resourceful men who had served as provincial aides under the Jin.

澹亦以勇績著名，桓帝末，至信義將軍、樓煩侯。 Dan likewise became famous for martial feats; by the close of Emperor Huan's reign he held General of Faith and Righteousness and Marquis of Loufan.

雄、澹並為羣情所附，謀欲南歸，言於眾曰：「聞諸舊人忌新人悍戰，欲盡殺之，吾等不早為計，恐無種矣。」 The crowd rallied to Xiong and Dan; they planned a southern flight and told the assembly, "We hear the old faction hates how fiercely the newcomers fight and intends to wipe them out. Unless we act now, our line will end."

於是雄、澹與劉琨任子遵率烏丸、晉人數萬眾而叛。 Then Xiong and Dan, with Zun, Liu Kun's heir, led tens of thousands of Wuhuan and Jin followers into open revolt.

琨以得雄、澹之眾，欲因其銳，以滅石勒。 Liu Kun, now reinforced by Xiong and Dan's troops, meant to hurl that fresh strength against Shi Le and destroy him.

雄、澹諫曰：「亂民飢疲，未可便用，宜休息觀釁而動。」 Xiong and Dan urged caution: "These men are hungry, exhausted rebels—not yet fit to throw into battle. Rest them, watch for an opening, then strike."

琨不從，使雄、澹率眾討勒，琨屯廣牧為之聲援。 Liu Kun refused. He sent Xiong and Dan against Le while he held Guangmu to back them.

勒率輕騎與雄、澹戰，澹大敗，率騎千餘，奔于代郡。 Shi Le met them with light cavalry; Dan was routed and fled north with a thousand riders into Dai.