Liu Tan (劉坦) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Tan as an administrator, aristocrat, military officer, and official. This record brings together 12 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	Liu Tan	劉坦	Liu Tan
Courtesy	Dedu	德度	Dedu
Surname	Liu	劉	Liu
Given	Tan	坦	Tan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0016

Roles

Administrator
Aristocrat
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504 · Age: Value: 62 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0046

Age

Value: 62 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0046

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0046
Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0044
Source Date: Text: 義師起 · Western Year: AD 501
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0020
Source Date: Text: 齊建元初 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0018

Family

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Descendant of Liu Qiao (劉喬)
Generation Distance: 7 · Kinship Term: seventh-generation descendant / 七世孫
Kin of Liu Qiu (劉虯)
Kinship Term: elder cousin / 從兄 · Subject Role: younger-cousin · Object Role: elder-cousin
Parent of Liu Quan (劉泉)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: western army chief of staff / 西中郎長史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0046
Label: staff adviser / 諮議參軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義師起 · Western Year: AD 501
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0020
Label: attendant to the Prince of Nan commandery / 南郡王國常侍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊建元初 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0018
Label: acting inspector of Xiangzhou / 行湘州事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0027
Label: chief of staff to the supporting-the-state army / 輔國長史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0027
Label: grand administrator of Changsha / 長沙太守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0027
Label: grand administrator of Xinxing / 新興太守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0045
Label: magistrate of Chanling / 孱陵令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0018
Label: recorder on the southern army staff / 南中郎錄事參軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0018
Label: western army marshal / 平西司馬 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0045
Label: western staff middle army officer / 西中郎中兵參軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0019
Title: Baron of Lipu / 荔浦縣子 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 300 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0044
Title: Baron of Lipu / 荔浦縣子 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0044

Places and affiliations

Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0044
Label: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0018
Place: Anzhong in Nanyang / 南陽安衆
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0016

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0021, liangshu:019:s0022, liangshu:019:s0023, liangshu:019:s0024, liangshu:019:s0025

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: burned-boats-and-resisted-rebels · Other Person Id: Wang Sengru (王僧粲)
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0036
Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: executed-plotter · Other Person Id: Zhong Xuanshao (鐘玄紹)
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0038, liangshu:019:s0039, liangshu:019:s0040, liangshu:019:s0041, liangshu:019:s0042
Kind: logistics · Role: organizer · Action: shipped-tax-grain-to-righteous-army · Quantity: more than 300,000 hu
Explicit · liangshu:019:s0029