Tan Shanda (譚善達) | 24 Histories

Overview

Tan Shanda was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Cause Died in prison after remonstrating and being accused of taking gold · With Xifang Ye (西方鄴)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 187

Attested activity

AD 927 to AD 930 鄴鎮寧江時
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 186, 188

Career and standing

administrative aide 判官
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 186

Events and relationships

Appeared as a haunting when Ye fell ill
Supernatural · Apparition · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 188

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 61Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13: An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xifang Ye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang · 3 passages

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鄴，武人，所為多不中法度，判官譚善達數以諫鄴，鄴怒，遣人告善達受人金，下獄。 A soldier by trade, Ye often ignored the law; his aide Tan Shanda remonstrated repeatedly until Ye, enraged, had him accused of bribery and thrown into prison.

善達素剛，辭益不遜，遂死於獄中。 Shanda was stubborn by nature and grew only more defiant in speech until he died in prison.

鄴病，見善達為祟，卒於鎮。 Ye fell ill, was haunted by visions of Shanda, and died at his post.