Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Merchant

Mo Han 莫含

Attested AD 295 - AD 316

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mo Han was an official and Merchant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 295 to AD 316 桓、穆之世
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 223
AD 304 to AD 316 桓穆至劉琨時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 28, passages 108, 127

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Mo Xian (莫顯)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 144

Origins and identity

family traded for generations
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 128

Career and standing

provincial aide 從事
Appointed · Authority Liu Kun (劉琨)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 129
Left General 左將軍
Held at death
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 142
state official 國官
Joined
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 139
Marquis of Guanzhong 關中侯
Held at death
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 142

Places and affiliations

At Fanzhi, Yanmen 雁門繁畤 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 127
At near the frontier 近塞下 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 130

Events and relationships

Sent into Dai by Liu Kun at Emperor Mu’s request
Political
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passages 132-133
Relation Favored by · Person Emperor Mu (穆帝)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passages 131, 141

Assessments and attributes

Assessment man of purpose and insight · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 223
Item old residence south of the Sanggan 桑乾川南故宅 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 143
Item very great family wealth 貲累巨萬 · Relation Possessed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 28, passage 128

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Wei, Chapter 28Volume 23: Wei Cao, Mo Han, Liu Kuren · 12 passages

衛操莫含劉庫仁 Biographies of Wei Cao, Mo Han, and Liu Kuren

衞雄、姬澹、莫含等名，皆見碑。 Wei Xiong, Ji Dan, Mo Han, and others are all named on the monument.

莫含，雁門繁畤人也。 Mo Han came from Fanzhi in Yanmen.

劉琨為并州，辟含從事。 When Liu Kun governed Bingzhou he took Han on as an aide.

含居近塞下，常往來國中。 Han lived near the border and often traveled into the Tuoba realm.

及為代王，備置官屬，求含於琨。 When he became Prince of Dai he formed a full court and asked Liu Kun to send Han to him.

琨遣入國，含心不願。 Liu Kun sent him, but Han's heart was not in the move.

含乃入代，參國官。 Han at last entered Dai and joined the government.

後琨徙五縣之民於陘南，含家獨留。 Later Liu Kun relocated five counties' people south of the Xing Mountains; Han's family alone stayed behind.

含甚為穆帝所重，常參軍國大謀。 Emperor Mu held him in the highest regard and kept him at the heart of military and civil strategy.

其故宅在桑乾川南，世稱莫含壁，或音訛，謂之莫回城云。 His old house stood south of the Sanggan River; people still call the place Mo Han's Rampart—or, in a corrupted pronunciation, Mo Hui City.

操、含託身馳驟之秋，自立功名之地，[4]可謂志識之士矣。 Cao and Han threw themselves into the hurrying age of war and carved out a place of merit and renown, [4] — true men of purpose and sight.