Qin and Han · Hongdu Writer

Jiang Lan 江览

Attested AD 179

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiang Lan was a Hongdu Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 179
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 208

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 208
Organization Hongdu Academy 鸿都文学 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 208

Assessments and attributes

Assessment accused by Yang Qiu of obscurity, flattery, and unearned advancement · Mode memorial-allegation Source Person Id Yang Qiu (阳球)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 211

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 85, passage 208

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 2 passages

“伏承有诏敕中尚方为鸿都文学乐松、江览等三十二人图象立赞，以劝学者。 “I learn by edict that the inner workshop is to paint likenesses with encomia for thirty-two Hongdu writers including Yue Song and Jiang Lan, the better to spur learning.

案松、览等皆出于微蔑，斗筲小人，依凭世戚，附托权豪，俯眉承睫，微进明时。 Song, Lan, and their like rose from utter obscurity—small men who hitched themselves to palace kin and great clans, cringed and flattered, and inched upward in a time that called for clarity.