Overview
Huan Tan was a scholar, philosopher, and official.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Junshan | 君山 | Junshan |
Life and dates
Birth
- BC 43 historical identificationStrongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 267
Death
- AD 28 historical identificationStrongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 267
- Illness on the road · At on the road to Lu'anDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 81
Age
- 70Reckoning Sui · Qualifier overDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 81
Attested activity
- BC 7 to AD 5 哀、平間Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 1
- BC 33 to BC 7 成帝時Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 1
- AD 23 to AD 25 更始Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 1
- AD 18 桓譚以為絕倫Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 99, passages 195, 212
- AD 9 to AD 23 王莽Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 1
- c. BC 43 to c. AD 28 王莽時Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 267
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Huan Tanfather 父Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passages 2-3
Key source chapters
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 31 Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan 19 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 99 Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 4 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 38 Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals 1 passage
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 32 Volume 28b: Biography of Feng Yan 1 passage
- Book of Liang, Chapter 14 Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang 1 passage
Career and standing
- assistant governor of Lu'an 六安郡丞AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 81
- gentleman cadet 郎AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 3
- Grandee of the Palace 太中大夫AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 24
- Clerk to the Minister of Works 司空掾HeldDirectly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 267
- grandee for music 掌樂大夫HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 24
- ThreatenedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passages 79-80
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passages 24, 82
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passages 3, 7
- Polity Xin 新 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 267
- Polity Xin 新 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 24
- At Xiang in the princedom of Pei 沛國相Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 1
- At Lu'an 六安 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 81
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- At Pei 沛 · Relation BurialDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 85
Learning and skills
- Skill literary composition 文章 · Level ableDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 5
- Skill zither 鼓琴 · Level skilledDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 3
Works and attributed material
- New Discussions 新論Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 82
- The Way of the Zither 琴道Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 83
- compared five friendships to the market stallAnalogy · SpeakerDirectly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 249
- Hydraulic proposal · Author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Huan Tan (桓譚)Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 267-270
- Letter · Author · With Dong Xian (董賢)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 22
- Memorial · Author · With Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passages 25-56, 59-75
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Speech · Speaker · With Fu Yan (傅晏)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passages 10-11, 13-17
- Speech · Speaker · With Wang Yi (王邑)Directly stated · Book of Han 99, passages 212-217
Events and relationships
- Relation Refused association with · Person Dong Xian (董賢)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 22
- Relation Paired with · Person Feng Yan (馮衍)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 32, passages 203-204
- Relation Friend of · Person Fu Yan (傅晏)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 8
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment mocked vulgar Confucians and was often rejected · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 6
- Assessment praised New Discussions · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 31, passage 82
- Assessment rejected omen lore · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 32, passage 203
References in the histories
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