Wang Tan (王檀) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Tan was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 915 to AD 916 sudden attack on Taiyuan
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 265

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 1 passage

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頃之，王檀以急兵襲太原，德倫部下多奔逸，承業懼其為變，遂誅德倫，並其部曲盡殺之。 Soon Wang Tan struck Taiyuan in haste; Delun's men fled; Chengye feared revolt, killed Delun, and slaughtered his entire following.