Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Murong Han 慕容汗

Attested AD 334

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Murong Han was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 334 咸和九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passages 25-27

Events and relationships

Routed by Duan Lan
AD 334 咸和九年 · Military · Commander · With Duan Lan (段蘭)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passage 27

Assessments and attributes

Assessment impetuous · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 27

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 109Volume 109 Records 9: Murong Huang · 3 passages

旬余，蘭、翰復圍柳城，皝遣甯遠慕容汗及封弈等救之。 Ten-odd days later Duan Lan and Murong Han, the kinsman who had joined Duan Liao, again besieged Liucheng; Huang sent the Ningyuan general, a different Murong Han, together with Feng Yi and others to relieve the city.

皝戒汗曰：「賊眾氣銳，難與爭鋒，宜顧萬全，慎勿輕進，必須兵集陣整，然後擊之。」 Huang warned Murong Han (the general of pacifying distance): “The foe is numerous and keen—do not trade blows rashly; wait until your force is formed, then attack.”

汗性驍銳，遣千餘騎為前鋒而進，封弈止之，汗不從，為蘭所敗，死者大半。 Murong Han was impetuous: he sent a thousand horse ahead as a van, ignored Feng Yi’s warning, and was routed by Duan Lan with heavy losses.