Zhou Kan (周堪) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhou Kan as an official and scholar. This record brings together 15 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhou Kan	周堪	Zhou Kan
Given	Kan	堪	Kan
Personal	Zhou Kan	周堪	Zhōu Kān

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:105:s0081

Roles

Official
Scholar

Career and standing

Title: grand counsellor of the household
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0081

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 3 passages

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上徙豐為城門校尉，豐上書告光祿勳周堪、光祿大夫張猛。 Demoted to gate colonel, he struck back with charges against Zhou Kan and Zhang Meng.

上不直豐，乃制詔御史：「城門校尉豐，前與光祿勳堪、光祿大夫猛在朝之時，數稱言堪、猛之美。 The emperor did not consider Feng right, and therefore issued a formal edict to the imperial secretary: "Feng, Colonel of the City Gates, formerly, when Chamberlain for the Palace Garrison Kan and Grandee of the Palace Meng were at court, repeatedly praised the excellence of Kan and Meng.

而反怨堪、猛，以求報舉，告案無證之辭，暴揚難驗之罪，毀譽恣意，不顧前言，不信之大者也。 Now he smeared the same men he had praised—evidence of bad faith.

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 10 passages

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及宣帝寢疾，選大臣可屬者，引外屬侍中樂陵侯史高、太子太傅望之、少傅周堪至禁中，拜高為大司馬車騎將軍，望之為前將軍光祿勳，堪為光祿大夫，皆受遺詔輔政，領尚書事。 When Emperor Xuan fell gravely ill, he chose ministers to whom he could entrust the realm, summoned his maternal kinsman Palace Attendant Yueling Marquis Shi Gao, crown-prince tutor Wangzhi, and junior tutor Zhou Kan to the inner palace, made Gao grand marshal and general of chariots and cavalry, Wangzhi forward general and superintendent of the household, and Kan grand master of the household; all received the deathbed edict to assist government and headed Secretariat affairs.

望之、堪本以師傅見尊重，上即位，數宴見，言治亂，陳王事。 Wangzhi and Zhou Kan had long been honored as tutors; once Yuan took the throne he often received them at banquets to discuss order and disorder and royal policy.

望之、堪數薦名儒茂才以備諫官。 Wangzhi and Zhou Kan kept nominating distinguished scholars for remonstrance duties.

章視周堪，堪白令朋待詔金馬門。 Zhou Kan read the paper, forwarded it, and had Peng posted as an expectant scholar at the Golden Horse Gate.

朋與大司農史李宮俱待詔，堪獨白宮為黃門郎。 Peng and Li Gong, a clerk in the Ministry of Agriculture, were both awaiting summons; Zhou Kan alone recommended Gong for the Yellow Gate.

朋，楚士，怨恨，更求入許、史，推所言許、史事曰：「皆周堪、劉更生教我，我關東人，何以知此？」 Peng, a man of Chu, nursed a grudge, sought favor with the Xu and Shi clans, and shifted blame for his charges, saying, "Zhou Kan and Liu Gengsheng taught me all of this. I am a Guandong man—how would I know such things?"

龍者，宣帝時與張子蟜等待詔，以行汙濊不進，欲入堪等，堪等不納，故與朋相結。 Hua Long had once awaited summons with Zhang Zijiao and others under Emperor Xuan; his foul conduct blocked advancement, and when Zhou Kan's circle refused him he allied with Peng.

恭、顯奏「望之、堪、更生朋黨相稱舉，數譖訴大臣，毀離親戚，欲以專擅權勢，為臣不忠，誣上不道，請謁者召致廷尉。」 Hong Gong and Shi Xian memorialized that "Wangzhi, Zhou Kan, and Liu Gengsheng had formed a faction, repeatedly slandered great ministers, divided kinsmen, and sought to monopolize power; as disloyal ministers guilty of impiety toward the throne, they asked that an usher deliver them to the commandant of justice."

後上召堪、更生，曰繫獄。 When the emperor later summoned Zhou Kan and Liu Gengsheng, he was told they were already in prison.

其赦望之罪，收前將軍光祿勳印綬，及堪、更生皆免為庶人。」 Pardon Wangzhi, take back his seals as former general and superintendent of the household, and dismiss Zhou Kan and Liu Gengsheng to commoner status."

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 2 passages

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初元中，前將軍蕭望之及光祿大夫周堪、宗正劉更生皆給事中。 During Chuyuan, Xiao Wangzhi, Zhou Kan, and Liu Gengsheng held joint appointments as palace attendants.

後皆害焉，望之自殺，堪、更生廢錮，不得復進用，語在《望之傳》。 All were ruined: Xiao Wangzhi committed suicide; Zhou Kan and Liu Gengsheng were cashiered and blocked from office—the full story is in Wangzhi's biography.