Qin and Han · Chu Strategist

Fan Zeng 范曾

Fàn Zēng

Attested BC 207

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fan Zeng was a Chu Strategist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 207 北救趙時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 91, passage 19

Career and standing

rear general 末將
Appointed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 91, passage 19

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 91Biography of Qing Bu · 1 passage

懷王使宋義為上將，范曾為末將，項籍為次將，英在、蒲將軍皆為將軍，悉屬宋義，北救趙。 King Huai appointed Song Yi as supreme commander, Fan Zeng as rear general, and Xiang Ji as deputy commander. Ying Bu and General Pu were both given generalships, and all were placed under Song Yi's authority with orders to march north and relieve Zhao.