Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince

Jian

Jiàn

Attested AD 526 - AD 528

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Jian as an administrator, general, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Jian Jiàn
Courtesy Changwen 長文 Chángwén

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: beheaded · Place: head sent to Luoyang / 斬首傳洛
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0025

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 莊帝初 · Western Year: AD 528
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:024:s0026
  • Source Date: Text: 討葛榮 · Western Interval: Start: AD 526 · End: AD 528
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:024:s0022

Family

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  • Child of Quan (詮)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Sibling of Binzhi (斌之)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother
  • Kinship Role: younger brothers · Note: 諸弟 rough and violent · Quantity: unspecified plural
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0024

Career and standing

  • Label: Grand Commander of the Northern Campaign / 北討大都督 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0022
  • Label: Inspector of Xiangzhou / 相州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0022
  • Label: Right Vice Director; Northern Route Mobile Office; Director of Masters of Writing / 尚書右僕射、北道行臺、尚書令 · Action: held-concurrently
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0023
  • Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊帝初 · Western Year: AD 528
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0026
  • Title: princely title / 王爵 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊帝初 · Western Year: AD 528
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0026
  • Status: clan-name-restored · Action: received · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊帝初 · Western Year: AD 528
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0026
  • Status: clan-surname-stripped · Action: received · Label: Yuan surname changed/stripped / 改其元氏
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0025

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: mediocrity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0024

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 6 passages