Pan Zihuan (潘子晃) | 24 Histories

Overview

Pan Zihuan was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 605 隋大業初
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 264

Attested activity

AD 577 周師將入鄴
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 15, passages 261-263
AD 555 天保六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 15, passages 255, 257
AD 576 武平末
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 260
AD 605 隋大業初
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 264

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Imperial Princess, wife of Pan Zihuan (公主)
married an imperial princess 尚公主 · Marriage
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 259
Child of Pan Le (潘樂)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 257

Career and standing

Commandant of the emperor's son-in-law 駙馬都尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 259
Governor of You Province 幽州刺史
AD 576 武平末 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 260
Right Vice Director of the You Province circuit field headquarters 幽州道行臺右僕射
AD 576 武平末 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 260
Upper Opening Establishment 上開府
AD 577 周師將入鄴 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 263
Entered
AD 577 周師將入鄴 · Surrendered
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 262
Succeeded to the line
AD 555 天保六年 · Heir
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 257

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passages 257, 260
Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passages 262-263
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Lived under
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 264
AD 577 周師將入鄴
At Baling 博陵 · Relation Reached
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 262
AD 576 武平末
At You Province 幽州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 260

Events and relationships

Led picked cavalry to relieve Ye
AD 577 周師將入鄴 · Military · Commander · At Ye 鄴
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 261
Surrendered at Ji Province
AD 577 周師將入鄴 · Military · Surrendering commander · At Ji Province 冀州
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 262

Assessments and attributes

Assessment grave, careful, and dutiful; claimed only quiet integrity, unlike mostly proud and undisciplined sons of great generals · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 258

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 15Volume 15 Biographies 7: Dou Tai; Wei Jing; Lou Zhao; His Nephew Rui; Kudie Gan; His Son Shiwen; Han Gui; Pan Le · 4 passages

Open chapter

子子晃嗣。 His son Zihuan succeeded to the line.

諸將子弟，率多驕縱，子晃沈密謹愨，以清凈自居。 The sons of the great generals were mostly proud and undisciplined; Zihuan was grave, careful, and dutiful, claiming only quiet integrity for himself.

尚公主，拜駙馬都尉。 He married an imperial princess and was appointed commandant of the emperor's son-in-law.

周師將入鄴，子晃率突騎數萬赴援。 When Northern Zhou armies were closing on Ye, Zihuan led tens of thousands of picked cavalry to the relief.