Sui and Tang · Official

Kang Zhan 康湛

Attested AD 783 - AD 784

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kang Zhan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 783 to AD 784 朱泚亂、帝出居奉天
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 177

Career and standing

Shuofang secretariat clerk 朔方掌書記
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 177
Assistant Magistrate of Zhouzhi 盩厔尉
AD 783 to AD 784 朱泚亂、帝出居奉天 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 177

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 177

Events and relationships

Forged Ning letter to Zhu Ci
AD 783 to AD 784 朱泚亂、帝出居奉天 · Political · Forger · With Cui Ning (崔寧)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 177

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 177

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 144Volume 144 Biographies 69: Lai, Tian, Hou, Cui, Yan · 1 passage

時朔方掌書記康湛為盩厔尉，翃逼湛詐作寧遺泚書獻之，杞遂奏：「寧初無效順心，向聞與賊盟署中書令，今果後至，復得所與賊書，反狀明甚。 Wang Hong forced Kang Zhan to forge a letter from Ning to Zhu Ci; Qi then memorialized, "Ning had never been loyal, had long been rumored to have accepted a rebel appointment as director of the Secretariat, had arrived late, and now the forged letter proved treason beyond doubt.