Qin and Han · General

Zhou Lan 周蘭

Attested BC 205 - BC 203

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhou Lan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 203 Qi campaign
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 211
BC 205 to BC 203 擊周蘭
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 98, passage 8
BC 203 虜周蘭
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 67

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 48 Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54 House of Chancellor Cao 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98 Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

已而從韓信擊龍且軍於上假密，大破之，斬龍且，虜亞將周蘭。 He next followed Han Xin against Long Ju at Jiami, broke his army, slew Long Ju, and took Zhou Lan, his second-in-command, prisoner.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage

已而從韓信擊龍且軍於上假密，大破之，斬龍且，虜其將軍周蘭。 Soon afterward he joined Han Xin in attacking Long Ju's army at Shangjia. They dealt it a crushing blow, beheading Long Ju and capturing his general Zhou Lan.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 98Biographies of Fu, Jin, and the Marquis of Kuaicheng · 1 passage

從擊項冠、周蘭、龍且，所將卒斬騎將一人敖下，益食邑。 He took part in the campaigns against Xiang Guan, Zhou Lan, and Long Ju. The troops under his command beheaded a cavalry general at Ao, and his fief was enlarged.