Qin and Han · Official and Administrator

Shan Qian 單遷

Attested AD 162

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shan Qian was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Died under interrogation · Authority Feng Gun (馮緄)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 134

Attested activity

AD 162 延熹五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 43, passage 134

Family

Sibling of Shan Chao (單超)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 135

Career and standing

Grand Administrator of Shanyang 山陽太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 134
Jailed for crime
Imprisoned
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 134

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 2 passages

時山陽太守單遷以罪繫獄，緄考致其死。 When Shan Qian, prefect of Shanyang, was jailed on charges, Feng Gun's interrogation killed him.

遷，故車騎將軍單超之弟，中官相黨，遂共誹章誣緄，坐與司隸校尉李膺、大司農劉祐俱輸左校。 Shan Qian was the younger brother of the late General Shan Chao; the eunuchs closed ranks and framed Feng Gun. He was sentenced to hard labor at the Left Craftsmen prison alongside Li Ying and Liu You.