Qin and Han · General

Lian Dan 廉丹

Attested AD 22 - AD 23

Passages
8
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Lian Dan as a general. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lian Dan 廉丹 Lian Dan
Title General Gengshi 更始將軍 Gengshi Jiangjun
Personal name Lian Dan 廉丹 Lian Dan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died in battle · Place: Wuyan / 無鹽 · Opponent: Red Eyebrows

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 王莽時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 22 · End: AD 23
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0090

Career and standing

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: died-in-battle · Place: Wuyan / 無鹽

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 8 passages