Wang Fan (王蕃) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Fan was an official, Astronomer, and Diplomat.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yongyuan	永元	Yongyuan

AD 266 甘露二年
Beheaded · At below the hall steps 殿下 · Authority Sun Hao (孫皓)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 13, 16

39
AD 266 甘露二年 · Point at-death
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 13, 37

AD 266 甘露二年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 13, 16
AD 258 孫休即位
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 4
AD 264 to AD 265 孫皓初
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 7-8

Sibling of Wang Zhu (王著)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
younger brother 二弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 38
Sibling of Wang Yan (王延)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
younger brother 二弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 38

Kinship Role family dependants · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 37

chief commandant of carriage escort 駙馬都尉
Added · From Source Date: Text: 孫休即位 · Western Year: AD 258
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 4
supervisor of the army at Xiakou 夏口監軍
AD 258 to AD 264 孫休時 · Appointed · At Xiakou 夏口
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 4, 6
attendant at ease and regular palace attendant 散騎中常侍
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 孫休即位 · Western Year: AD 258
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 4
gentleman clerk in the secretariat 尚書郎
Held · Until Source Date: Text: 去官 · Western Year: AD 258
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 3-4
regular attendant 常侍
Recalled · From Source Date: Text: 孫皓初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 264 · End: AD 265
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 7-8
gentleman clerk in the secretariat 尚書郎
AD 258 去官 · Resigned
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 3-4

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summary execution 斬
AD 266 甘露二年 · Suffered · Authority Sun Hao (孫皓)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 16

Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 4, 8
At Lujiang 廬江
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 1
At Lujiang 廬江 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 1

Skill wide learning 博覽多聞 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 2
Skill astronomy, mathematics, and technical arts 術藝 · Level versed
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 2

Speech · Speaker · With Wan Yu (萬彧) · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu lu 吳錄
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 26-29

Became dead drunk and collapsed
AD 266 甘露二年 · Court · Guest · At court assembly 大會群臣
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 13
Carried outside
AD 266 甘露二年 · Court · Victim · With Sun Hao (孫皓)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 14
Corpse left exposed
AD 266 甘露二年 · Legal · Victim · With Sun Hao (孫皓)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 35
Crossed the emperor
AD 264 to AD 280 孫皓 · Political · Subject · With Sun Hao (孫皓)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 12
Requested to return still drunk
AD 266 甘露二年 · Court · Subject
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 15
Sent to
AD 258 to AD 264 孫休時 · Diplomatic · Envoy · At Shu 蜀
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 4, 6

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Assessment admired by Emperor Jing as of a different class · Assessor Person Id Sun Xiu (孫休) · Mode speech Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 34
Assessment inner integrity and clear judgment; loyal and outspoken; a heavy bulwark of the altars; the Long Pang of great Wu · Assessor Person Id Lu Kai (陸凱) · Mode speech Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 33
Assessment looked down on Wan Yu · Mode hearsay
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 9
Assessment praised by the people of Shu · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 6
Assessment ranked among the court's clearest spirits · Mode public-opinion
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 5
lofty, dignified bearing; would not truckle or read the ruler's mood
Character
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 11, 16

Jiangbiao zhuan has him beheaded on the hall after failing to answer an Analects question, then his head mutilated on Mount Lai; the main biography has him beheaded below the steps for remaining drunk and self-possessed after the Ding Zhong feast
Field death-circumstances · Witness Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表傳
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 18-24
Wu lu has Wang Fan mock Wan Yu after Yu became left chancellor; Pei Songzhi notes Fan was killed in spring 266 when Yu was not yet chancellor (Yu became chancellor in autumn)
Field death-date-relative-to-Wan-Yu-chancellorship · Witness Person Id Pei Songzhi (裴松之)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passages 25-26, 31-32
Jiangbiao zhuan disagrees with the main biography on the manner of Wang Fan's death
Source Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表傳
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 24
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 1