Fan Jian, style name

Chinese style name

A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name , is a given name to be used later in life. After 20 years of age, the zì is assigned in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood and respect...

 Changyuan (長元), was an official of Shu Han

Shu Han

Shu Han was one of the three states competing for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period, after the fall of the Han Dynasty. The state was based on areas around Sichuan, which was then known as Shu...

 during the Three Kingdoms

Three Kingdoms

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 period of Chinese history

History of China

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Biography

Fan served as a Palace Attendant and Imperial Secretary. He was put in charge of state affairs together with Zhuge Zhan

Zhuge Zhan

Zhuge Zhan , style name Siyuan , was a politician and military general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history...

 and Dong Jue

Dong Jue

Dong Jue, style name Gongxi , was an official and military general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.Along with Fan Jian, Dong Jue served as a secretary under Shu's chancellor Zhuge Liang during the Southern Campaign and Northern Expeditions, and attained the titles of...

. He was not on good terms with the eunuch

Eunuch

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 Huang Hao

Huang Hao

Huang Hao was a eunuch serving Liu Shan, second and last emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. Highly favoured by Liu Shan, he was commonly blamed for misguiding the latter into surrendering to the Kingdom of Wei and considered one of the most corrupt and...

. After the fall of Shu Han

Conquest of Shu by Wei

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, Fan was sent to Luoyang

Luoyang

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. He was appointed as Adviser of the Army and Cavalry Attendant, and later sent to Shu Han to console the people.

Appointments and titles held

• Palace Attendant (侍中)
• Chief Imperial Secretary (尚書令)

The following appointments and titles were held by Fan Jian when he served the Jin Dynasty

• Army Advisor to the Chancellor of State (相國參軍)
• Attendant of Scattered Cavalry (散騎常侍)
• Geishizhong (給事中)