Overview
Jian was a king of Guangyang.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 73 本始元年中…立燕故太子建為廣陽王Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 253-254
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Dan (旦)son 子Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 253-254
- Sibling of Marquis of Anding (安定侯)sons 子 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 253
Career and standing
- King of Guangyang 廣陽王BC 73 本始元年中 · ConferredDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 253-254
- King of Guangyang 廣陽王ConferredDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 254
- Crown Prince of Yan 燕太子HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 254
- RestoredCommoner then restored kingStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 251, 253-254
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 254
- At Guangyang 廣陽 · Relation Enfeoffed inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 254
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 254
References in the histories
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