Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Statesman

Tao Kan 陶侃

Attested AD 317 - AD 334

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tao Kan was a general and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 317 to AD 334 溫、陶釋位
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 13, passages 131-132

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 13, passage 131

Events and relationships

Relinquished rank
AD 317 to AD 334 溫、陶釋位 · Political · Minister
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 13, passage 131

Assessments and attributes

Assessment with Huan Wen, relinquished rank yet the royal framework was drawn tight again · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passages 131-132

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 13, passage 131

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 13Volume 13 Biographies 5: Princes of Wen, Xiaomin, Wu, and Xuan · 2 passages

溫、陶釋位，王綱弛而更張。 Huan Wen and Tao Kan relinquished rank, and the royal framework slackened yet was drawn tight again.

然則周之列國，非一姓也，晉之群臣，非一族也，豈齊、晉強于列國，溫、陶賢於群臣者哉，蓋勢重者易以立功，權輕者難以盡節故也。 Zhou's feudal states were not of one surname; Jin's ministers were not of one clan—were Qi and Jin stronger than the other states, and Wen and Tao worthier than other ministers? Heavy power makes merit easy; light authority makes full loyalty hard.