Ming · General

Tan Yuan 譚淵

First attested AD 1399; died AD 1401

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tan Yuan was a general.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1401 建文三年三月
Killed in battle · At Jiahe 夾河
Directly stated · History of Ming 5, passage 103

Attested activity

AD 1399 建文元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 5, passage 34

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 2 passages

壬戌，王至真定，與張玉、譚淵等夾擊炳文軍，大破之，獲其副將李堅、甯忠及都督顧成等，斬首三萬級。 On renxu he came to Zhending and, with Zhang Yu and Tan Yuan, caught Geng Bingwen in a pincer, broke him completely, and took his deputies Li Jian and Ning Zhong and the regional commander Gu Cheng; thirty thousand heads were counted.

三月辛巳，與盛庸遇於夾河，譚淵戰死。 In the third month, on xinsi, he clashed with Sheng Yong at Jiahe; Tan Yuan was killed.