Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Judge

Shen Dan 沈淡

Shěn Dàn

Attested AD 483 - AD 493

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shen Dan was an official and Judge.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 483 to AD 493 永明
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 206-207

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Shen Yuan (沈淵)
brothers 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 206-207
Sibling of Shen Chong (沈沖)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 206
Child of Shen Huaiwen (沈懷文)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 185, 206
Child of Mother of Shen Chong (沈沖母孔氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 210

Career and standing

Censor-in-Chief 御史中丞
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 207

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 206

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen · 2 passages

沖與兄淡、淵名譽有優劣，世號爲「𦝫鼓兄弟。」 Chong and his elder brothers Dan and Yuan won unequal renown; the age nicknamed them "the Leather-Drum Brothers."

淡、淵竝歷御史中丞，兄弟三人皆爲司直，晉、宋未有也。 Dan and Yuan had both been censor-in-chief; never under Jin or Song had three brothers all worn the straight investigator's seal.