Ancient China · Official

Xi Wan 郤宛

Attested BC 515

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xi Wan was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Authority Chu
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 66, passage 77

Attested activity

BC 515 楚誅郤宛
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 66, passage 77

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 66Biography of Wu Zixu · 1 passage

楚誅其大臣郤宛、伯州犁，伯州犁之孫伯嚭亡奔吳，吳亦以嚭為大夫。 Chu executed its ministers Xi Wan and Bo Zhouli. Bo Zhouli's grandson Bo Pi fled to Wu, where Wu also made him a grandee.