Tang Tan 唐檀

Other names

Career and standing

• teacher 教授
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 3
• gentleman of the palace 郎中
  AD 130 永建五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 10
• gentleman of the palace 郎中
  AD 130 永建五年 · Resigned
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 12

Places and affiliations

• At Nanchang, Yuzhang commandery 豫章南昌 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 1
• At his home region in Yuzhang 乡里 · Relation Returned to
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 3

Learning and skills

• Studied at
  Institution Imperial Academy 太学 · Life Stage youth · Subjects the Jing family's Book of Changes 京氏易, the Han Poetry 韩诗, the Yan clan's Spring and Autumn Annals 颜氏春秋
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 2
• Nominated
  AD 130 永建五年 · Credential Filial and Incorrupt 孝廉
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 10
• Skill portent interpretation and astrological divination 灾异星占 · Level especially devoted
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 2

Works and attributed material

• Master Tang 唐子
  Relation Author · Extent twenty-eight pieces
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 13
• AD 120 永宁元年
  Prediction · Author · Paraphrased · Summary the capital would see an aura of warfare and the disaster would break out within the palace walls
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 8
• AD 130 永建五年
  Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · Summary three items of timely advice setting out the ominous signs implied by a white rainbow piercing the sun
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 11
• AD 120 元初七年
  Speech · Speaker · With Liu Zhi (刘祗) · Quoted · Summary denied that the fungus was an auspicious omen, since the imperial in-laws were overbearing and the way of yang weak
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 5

Events and relationships

• Asked to interpret the lingzhi fungus that sprouted in Yuzhang
  AD 120 元初七年 · Divinatory consultation · Consulted expert · With Liu Zhi (刘祗) · Outcome Liu Zhi abandoned his plan to memorialize the throne
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 4-6
• Asked what the Nanchang woman's birth of four sons portended
  AD 120 永宁元年 · Divinatory consultation · Consulted expert · With Liu Zhi (刘祗)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 7
• His prediction of strife inside the palace was verified by Sun Cheng's coup
  AD 125 延光四年 · Prophecy fulfilment · Prognosticator · With Sun Cheng (孙程)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 9

Source notes

• regularly instructed more than a hundred students at home
  Teaching · Count 100+ · Source Text 教授常百余人
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 3