Overview
Zuo Guan was an eunuch and Official.
Life and dates
Death
- suicide 自杀Directly stated · Book of Later Han 113, passage 59
Attested activity
- AD 165 到其八年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 114, passage 63
- AD 158 to AD 167 延熹中Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 114, passages 59-60
- AD 158 to AD 159 延熹元年以後誅冀Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 230
- AD 165 延熹八年二月Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 113, passage 59
Family
- Sibling of Zuo Sheng (左胜)younger brother 弟Directly stated · Book of Later Han 113, passage 59
- Kinship Role household marquises · Quantity severalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 62
- Kinship Role sons and younger brothers · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 62
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Regular Palace Attendant 中常侍AD 158 to AD 167 延熹中 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 60
- Regular Attendant 中常侍HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 113, passage 59
- Marquis of Shangcai 上蔡侯HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 113, passage 59
- PurgedDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 114, passage 63
Places and affiliations
- Later Han 後漢Relation Active inDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 113, passage 59
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 114, passage 60
- At capital 京都 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 60
Events and relationships
- Plotted to destroy liang jiDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 230
- Replaced Liang Ji in powerPolitical · Eunuch magnateDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passages 61-62
- Relation Attendant of · Person Emperor Huan (桓帝)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 60
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment gave free rein to treacherous wickedness · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 60
References in the histories
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