Ancient China · Adviser to Duke Wen

Zi Fan 子犯

Attested BC 636 - BC 628

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Zi Fan as a named individual and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zi Fan 子犯 Zi Fan
Courtesy name Zi Fan 子犯 Zi Fan
Personal name Zi Fan 子犯 Zǐ Fàn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 春秋之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 636 · End: BC 628
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0230
  • Source Date: Text: 習鑿齒引晉文事 · Western Year: AD 214
    Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0072

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 1 passage
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因遣使者招永、衍，永、衍等疑不肯降，而忿邑背前約，衍乃遺邑書曰：蓋聞晉文出奔而子犯宣其忠，趙武逢難而程嬰明其賢，二子之義當矣。 He then sent envoys to summon Bao Yong and Feng Yan; they hesitated and refused to submit, and resenting Tian Yi for breaking their earlier pact, Feng Yan wrote to him: "When Duke Wen of Jin fled into exile, Zi Fan showed his loyalty; when Duke Wu of Zhao met disaster, Cheng Ying proved his worth—both acted as righteousness required."
Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 34Volume 34: Book of Shu 4: Biographies of Concubines and Sons of the Two Lords · 1 passage
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