Overview
Wang Fan was an Astronomer and Instrument Maker.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Execution · At palace hall 殿堂 · Treatment Of Body exposed unburied · Authority Sun Hao (孫皓)Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 162
Attested activity
- AD 250 to AD 266 其後Strongly inferred · History of Song 76, passage 8
- AD 264 to AD 280 皓執政以來Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 162
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- palace attendant 中常侍HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 162
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 162
Events and relationships
- Executed in courtDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 162
- Made armillary instrumentScholarly · MakerDirectly stated · History of Song 76, passage 8
- Relation Compared to · Person Long Feng (龍逢)Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 162
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment loyal outspoken pillar of Wu · Mode quoted-source Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 162
References in the histories
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