Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Scholar

Wu Zhan 吳湛

Wú Zhàn

Attested AD 1055 - AD 1059

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wu Zhan as an official and scholar. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wu Zhan 吳湛 Wú Zhàn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0054
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧五年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1059
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0146

Family

  • Sibling of Wu Xun (吳洵)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger

Career and standing

  • Label: associate privy commissioner / 樞密副使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 清寧元年甲午 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0054
  • Label: Associate Administrator of Affairs / 參知政事 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0146
  • Label: Hanlin academician / 翰林學士 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0054
  • Status: stripped-of-rank · Action: demoted-to-commoner · Reason: younger brother Xun fraudulently entered service register
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0146

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 21Volume 21 Annals 21: Daozong 1 · 2 passages