Ancient China · General

Pang Nuan 龐煖

Páng Nuǎn

Attested BC 243 - BC 236

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Pang Nuan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 243 to BC 236 十二年…十九年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 167-168, 171, 173
BC 242 趙悼襄王元年後居二年
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34 House of Yan Shaogong 4 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 81 Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhao 趙 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 169, 171; Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226

Events and relationships

Defeated and killed
BC 243 to BC 236 十二年…十九年 · Military · Commander · With Ju Xin (劇辛)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passages 167, 171, 173
Defeated Yan army killed
BC 242 趙悼襄王元年後居二年 · Military · Commander · With Ju Xin (劇辛)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 81, passage 226

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34House of Yan Shaogong · 4 passages

劇辛故居趙，與龐煖善，已而亡走燕。 Ju Xin had formerly lived in the state of Zhao and was friendly with Pang Nuan, but then fled to Yan.

燕見趙數困于秦，而廉頗去，令龐煖將也，欲因趙獘攻之。 Yan saw that Zhao had repeatedly been hard-pressed by Qin, that Lian Po had left, and that Pang Nuan had been appointed general. Hoping to take advantage of Zhao's exhaustion, Yan decided to attack.

問劇辛，辛曰：「龐煖易與耳。」 They asked Ju Xin. Xin said, “Pang Nuan is easy to deal with.”

燕使劇辛將擊趙，趙使龐煖擊之，取燕軍二萬，殺劇辛。 Yan sent Ju Xin as the general to attack Zhao. Zhao sent Pang Nuan to attack him, captured twenty thousand Yan soldiers, and killed Ju Xin.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 81Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru · 1 passage

居二年，龐煖破燕軍，殺劇辛。 Two years later, Pang Nuan defeated Yan's army and killed Ju Xin.