Overview
Wang Dan was an official.
Life and dates
Death
- At at home 家Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 74
Attested activity
- AD 25 to AD 57 光武世Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passages 60, 72, 74
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Son of Wang Dan (王丹之子)son 子Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 64
Career and standing
- Tutor to the heir apparent 太子太傅AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 72
- EnteredDismissedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 70
- EnteredResignedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 74
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 72
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 63, 66-68, 72
Events and relationships
- Dismissed for protege crimePersonnel · SubjectDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 70
- Flogged son over funeral visitDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 65
- Rebuked then restored clientSocial · ActorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 72-73
- Refused formal friendshipDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 63
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment understood the difficulty of preserving friendship · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 108
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 60, 72, 74
References in the histories
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