Overview
Wang Dan was an official, Hermit, and Landowner.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Zhonghui | 仲回 | Zhonghui |
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 31 七年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passage 34
- BC 7 to AD 6 哀、平時Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passage 41
- AD 25 鄧禹西征關中Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passage 57
Family
- Kinship Role clan kinsmen · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 57
Career and standing
- Junior Tutor to the Heir Apparent 太子少傅AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 59
- provincial and commandery office 州郡BC 7 to AD 6 哀、平時 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 41
- EnteredRetirementDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 43
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 59
- At Xiaqi in Jingzhao 京兆下邽Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 40
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 57
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Dan (王丹)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 54
Events and relationships
- Led clan to offer two thousand hu of grain by memorialDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 57
- Offered a single self woven bolt of silk at the funeral, shaming Chen ZunDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 54-55
- Repeatedly summoned by Wang Mang but did not goDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 42
- Rewarded diligent farmers, shamed the idle, funded funerals, and reformed local customs for over ten yearsPersonal · BenefactorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 44-50
- Relation Predecessor of · Person Zhang Zhan (張湛) · Context as tutor to the heir apparentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 34
- Relation Refused friendship of · Person Chen Zun (陳遵)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 56
Assessments and attributes
- upright and clean; hated the evil and the powerfulTemperamentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 51
- household worth a thousand in goldWealthDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 43
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 40
References in the histories
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