Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Wang Dan 王誕

Wáng Dàn

Attested AD 420 - AD 440

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Dan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 440 太尉長史誕
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 89, passage 6
AD 420 宋國初建
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 58, passage 8

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Mother of Yuan Can (袁粲母)
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Song 89, passage 6
Kin of Wang Hui (王惠)
elder clan cousin 從兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 8

Key source chapters

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Liu Yu (劉裕)
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 8

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 58Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu · 1 passage

高祖聞其名，以問其從兄誕，誕曰：「惠後來秀令，鄙宗之美也。」 When Gaozu heard of him, he asked his elder cousin Wang Dan, who said, "Hui is a late-blooming talent—the finest ornament of our house."

Book of Song, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can · 1 passage

母琅邪王氏，太尉長史誕之女也，躬事績紡，以供朝夕。 His mother was of the Wang clan of Langye, daughter of the Grand Marshal's chief clerk Dan; she personally spun and wove to supply their daily needs.