Ancient China · Zhou Grand Historian

Tan 儋

Dan

Attested BC 384 - BC 362

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tan was a Zhou Grand Historian.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 384 to BC 362 周太史儋見秦獻公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 21

Career and standing

Zhou Grand Historian 周太史
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 21

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Duke Xian of Qin (秦獻公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 21

Events and relationships

Saw
Audience · Visitor · With Duke Xian of Qin (秦獻公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 21

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 63Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei · 2 passages

自孔子死之後百二十九年，而史記周太史儋見秦獻公曰：「始秦與周合，合五百歲而離，離七十歲而霸王者出焉。」 One hundred twenty-nine years after Confucius died, it is recorded that Zhou Grand Historian Tan saw Duke Xian of Qin and said: 'At first Qin and Zhou were united. United for five hundred years they separated. After seventy years of separation, one who will rule as true king will emerge.'

或曰儋即老子，或曰非也，世莫知其然否。 Some say Tan was Laozi, some say he was not. The world does not know if it was so or not.