Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Rouran Khan

Dadan 大檀

Attested AD 423 - AD 430

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Dadan was a Rouran Khan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 423 to AD 430 世祖初
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passages 33, 36
AD 424 世祖初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 93, passage 23

Key source chapters

Book of Wei, Chapter 30 Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng 3 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 93 Volume 87: Morality and Righteousness: Yu Shenmen, Duan Jin, Shi Wende, Ji Gu, Wang Xuanwei, Lou Ti, Liu Kehou 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Rouran 蠕蠕 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 33

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 3 passages

嵩與平陽王長孫翰、司空奚斤等曰：「赫連居土，未能為患，蠕蠕世為邊害，宜先討大檀。 Song with Changsun Han, Prince of Pingyang, Xi Jin, Minister of Works, and the rest said: "The Helian cling to their land and are not yet a great peril; the Rouran have long harried the border — strike Dadan first.

太常崔浩曰：「大檀遷徙鳥逝，疾追則不足經久，大眾則不能及之。 Cui Hao, Grand Minister of Ceremonials, said: "Dadan vanishes like migrating birds — hot pursuit cannot last, and a great army cannot catch him.

嵩等曰：「彼若城守，以逸代勞，大檀聞之，乘虛而寇，危道也。」 Song and the rest said: "If they sit behind walls and trade our strength for their rest, Dadan will hear and strike our flank — a dangerous course."

Book of Wei, Chapter 93Volume 87: Morality and Righteousness: Yu Shenmen, Duan Jin, Shi Wende, Ji Gu, Wang Xuanwei, Lou Ti, Liu Kehou · 1 passage

蠕蠕大檀入塞，圍之，力屈被執。 The Rouran khan Datan raided across the border, besieged him, and when resistance failed took him prisoner.