Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Administrator

Tan 惔

Attested AD 317 - AD 420

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tan was an administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 317 to AD 420 晉
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 3, 11

Family

Ancestor of Liu Huan (劉瓛)
sixth-generation descendant 六世孫 · paternal line · 6 generations
ancestor six generations back 六世祖 · paternal line · 6 generations
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 3

Career and standing

Administrator of Danyang 丹陽尹
AD 317 to AD 420 晉 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 3

Places and affiliations

AD 317 to AD 420 晉
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 3

Assessments and attributes

Assessment lofty character recalled from a courtyard willow of his day · Assessor Person Id Yuan Can (袁粲) · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Yuan Can (袁粲)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 11

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 3

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng · 2 passages

劉瓛字子珪，沛國相人，晉丹陽尹惔六世孫也。 Liu Huan, styled Zigui, was a native of Xiang in Pei Commandery and a sixth-generation descendant of Tan, who had served as Administrator of Danyang under the Jin.

丹陽尹袁粲於後堂夜集，瓛在座，粲指庭中柳樹謂瓛曰：「人謂此是劉尹時樹，每想高風； Yuan Can, Administrator of Danyang, held an evening gathering in the rear hall, with Huan among the guests. Can pointed to a willow in the courtyard and said to Huan: "People say this is the tree from Administrator Liu's day; I often recall his lofty character;