Wu Han (吳漢) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wu Han was a general.

PeriodQin and Han

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 44 光武时吴汉薨
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 6

Attested activity

AD 25 建武元年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 33
AD 26 明年春
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 33
AD 25 to AD 57 世祖中兴
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 125, passage 81
AD 25 光武遣吳漢
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 3
AD 25 to AD 44 吳漢不離公門
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 156
AD 36 吳漢平蜀
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 86, passage 168

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AD 25 to AD 44 吳漢東漢初
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 209
AD 44 吴汉薨 under Guangwu
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 6
AD 44 建武二十年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 37, passage 193
AD 25 to AD 57 東漢光武之世
Directly stated · History of Liao 73, passage 82
AD 25 to AD 44 東漢初（史臣譬喻吳漢）
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 11, passage 169

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Marshal 大司馬
AD 25 建武元年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 33
Grand General as Grand Marshal 大将军为大司马
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 81
Grand Marshal 大司马
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 6

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Han · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 6
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 33

Events and relationships

Cited for not leaving the public gate
Literary allusion · Exemplar · Mode quotation Speaker Wei Yao (韋曜)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 65, passage 156
Defeated and accepted surrender
AD 26 明年春 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 33
Executed
Military · Executor · With Miao Zeng (苗曾)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 3
Held combined grand general and grand marshal
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 81
Pacified Shu
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 168
Struck tanxiang
AD 25 建武元年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 33

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Relation Analogized as serving · Person Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝) · historian compares Helu-Taizu to Wu Han-Guangwu
Directly stated · History of Liao 73, passage 82
Relation Subordinate of · Person Emperor Guangwu (光武)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 3

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exemplar general compared to Zhaoda · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 11, passage 169

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 33

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Chen, Chapter 11Volume 11: Huang Faqu; Chunyu Liang; Zhang Zhaoda · 1 passage

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昭達與世祖鄉壤惟舊，義等鄧、蕭，世祖纂曆，委任隆重，至於戰勝攻取，累平寇難，斯亦良臣良將，一代之吳、耿矣。 Zhaoda and Emperor Wen were old friends from the same country; their bond was like that of Deng Yu and Xiao He. When Wen took the throne he gave Zhaoda great trust; in battle and siege he again and again crushed rebellion—a worthy minister and general, a Wu Han and Geng Yan for his age.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 24Volume 21: Biographies of Ren, Li, Wan, Pi, Liu, Geng · 1 passage

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建武元年，世祖入洛陽，遣大司馬吳漢等擊檀鄉，明年春，大破降之。 In Jianwu 1 Emperor Guangwu entered Luoyang and dispatched Grand Marshal Wu Han against the Tanxiang rebels; the following spring the imperial army shattered them and took their surrender.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 37Volume 32: Biographies of Fan Hong; Yin Shi · 1 passage

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會疾廖，召見興，欲以代吳漢為大司馬。 When the emperor recovered, he wished to replace Wu Han with Yin Xing as grand marshal.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 38Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou · 1 passage

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光武遣吳漢誅更始幽州牧苗曾，乃拜浮為大將軍幽州牧，守薊城，遂討定北邊。 Guangwu dispatched Wu Han to put to death Miao Zeng, whom the Gengshi Emperor had placed over Youzhou; Zhu Fu was then named Grand General and governor of Youzhou, held Ji, and brought the northern border under control.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 1 passage

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会大司马吴汉薨，光武诏诸儒诔之，笃于狱中为诔，辞最高，美帝之，赐帛免刑。 Just then Grand Marshal Wu Han died, and Emperor Guangwu summoned the literati to mourn him in verse. From his cell Du Du submitted a dirge that surpassed the rest; the emperor admired it, rewarded him with silk, and released him without sentence.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 125Volume 114: Officials Part One · 1 passage

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世祖中兴，吴汉以大将军为大司马，景丹为骠骑大将军，位在公下，及前、后、左、右杂号将军众多，皆主征伐，事讫皆罢。 At Guangwu's restoration Wu Han held Grand General merged with Grand Marshal; Jing Dan was Charging Cavalry Grand General, still below ducal rank; many Front, Rear, Left, Right, and miscellaneous generals led field armies only to be disbanded when the fighting ended.

History of Liao, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 3: Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, Yelu Haili · 1 passage

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其君臣相得之誠，庶吳漢之於光武歟？ The sincerity with which ruler and minister found one another perhaps resembles Wu Han toward Emperor Guangwu?

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 33Volume 33: Book of Shu 3: Biography of the Later Lord · 1 passage

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〈《華陽國志》曰：丞相亮時，有言公惜赦者，亮答曰：“治世以大德，不以小惠，故匡衡、吳漢不原為赦。〈The Huayang Records relate that when someone complained Zhuge Liang granted amnesties too rarely, he answered: "Good government rests on broad moral sway, not petty indulgence—Kuang Heng and Wu Han likewise refused to make a habit of pardons.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 65Volume 65: Book of Wu 20: Biographies of Wang, Lou, He, Wei, and Hua · 1 passage

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故山甫勤於夙夜，而吳漢不離公門，豈有遊惰哉？ Shanfu labored night and day; Wu Han never left the yamen—were they idle?

Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 1 passage

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史臣曰：吳漢平蜀，城內流血沾踝，而其後無聞於漢； The historian says: When Wu Han pacified Shu, blood in the city soaked to the ankles, yet afterward nothing is heard of him in Han;