Qin and Han · Official and General

Chen Tang 陳湯

Attested BC 36

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Chen Tang was an official and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 36 陳湯之徒
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 25, passage 109

Key source chapters

Book of Chen, Chapter 25 Volume 25: Pei Ji; Sun Yang 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 96 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 25Volume 25: Pei Ji; Sun Yang · 1 passage

然性不循恆，頻以罪免，蓋亦陳湯之徒焉。 Yet he was not steady by nature and was often dismissed for fault—perhaps a man in Chen Tang's mold.

Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 1 passage

父吉，為衛司馬，使送郅支單于侍子，為郅支所殺，語在《陳湯傳》。 His father Ji served as guard marshal on the mission to escort Zhizhi's heir and died at Zhizhi's hands, as told in the biography of Chen Tang.