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Sun Tanwan 孫曇瓘

Sūn Tánwàn

Attested AD 468 - AD 479

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Sun Tanwan as a general, military officer, official, and rebel. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Sun Tanwan 孫曇瓘 Sūn Tánwàn
Personal name Sun Tanjuan 孫曇瓘 Sūn Tánguàn
Personal name Sun Tanqian 孫曇瓘 Sūn Tánquàn
Given Tanqian 曇瓘 Tánquàn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 468
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0088
  • Source Date: Text: 昇明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 479
    Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:055:s0087
  • Source Date: Text: 昇明元年 · Western Year: AD 477
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:089:s0120

Family

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Career and standing

  • Label: Secretariat staff officer / 司徒參軍 · Action: held
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0088

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-barbarians · Place: Yiyang / 義陽
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0088
  • Kind: biographical · Role: participant · Action: rebelled and fled as an outlaw
    Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0087

References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage
Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 1 passage
Book of Song, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can · 1 passage