Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Scholar

Wu Zhan 吳湛

Wú Zhàn

Attested AD 1055 - AD 1059

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Zhan was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1055 清寧元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 21, passage 54
AD 1059 清寧五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 21, passage 146

Family

Sibling of Wu Xun (吳洵)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 146

Career and standing

associate privy commissioner 樞密副使
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 清寧元年甲午 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 54
Associate Administrator of Affairs 參知政事
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 146
Hanlin academician 翰林學士
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 54
Demoted to commoner
Stripped of rank · Reason younger brother Xun fraudulently entered service register
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 146

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 54

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 21Volume 21 Annals 21: Daozong 1 · 2 passages

甲午，以樞密副使姚景行為參知政事，翰林學士吳湛為樞密副使，參知政事、同知樞密院事韓紹文為上京留守。 On jiawu day associate privy commissioner Yao Jingxing was made Associate Administrator of Affairs; Hanlin academician Wu Zhan associate privy commissioner; Associate Administrator of Affairs and associate privy commissioner Han Shaowen supreme capital regent.

十二月壬戌，以北院林牙奚馬六為右夷離畢，參知政事吳湛以弟洵冒入仕籍，削爵為民。 On renxu day of the twelfth month Northern Court linya Xima Liu was made Right yilibi; Associate Administrator of Affairs Wu Zhan, because his younger brother Xun had fraudulently entered the service register, was stripped of rank and made a commoner.