Fan Chuo

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Fan Chuo ( Chinese  樊 綽  /  樊 绰 , Pinyin Fán Chuò ; late 9th century) was a secretary in Jiedu ( Chinese  節度  /  节度 , Pinyin jié dù , a kind of province, similar to the Byzantine theme ) in Hanoi .

This province of the Chinese Tang Dynasty was on the border with Nanzhao . This gave Fan Chuo first-hand access to documents from both states. Later, after Hanoi was captured, he moved to Guangzhou . There he wrote a book called Manshu (Book of the Southern Babars), which he completed in 862 ( Chinese  蠻 書  /  蛮 书 , pinyin mánshū ). The book contains valuable information about the Nanzhao and other peoples southwest of China.

literature

  • Zheng Jinsheng, Nalini Kirik, Dictionary of the Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume 3: Persons and Literary Sources , Oakland, California 2018, ISBN 9780520291973 , p. 124
  • Margriet Gabrielle von Kispal: Golden Hairpins in Silver Vases: Cultural and Historical Notes on the Cat in Ancient China. Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 3831644632 , pp. 55–56
personal data
SURNAME Fan Chuo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese historian of the Tang Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH before 862
DATE OF DEATH after 862