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Tanzhe, a Zilu (Xiongnu remnant) chieftain between Han and Wei, died; his branch chieftains moved south to Guangwei and Lingju.

History Records, vol. 30 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 30Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …當漢、魏之際,其大人有檀柘,死後,其枝大人南近在廣魏、令居界,有禿瑰來數反,爲涼州所殺。…
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    《魏略西戎傳》曰:氐人有王,所從來久矣。自漢開益州,置武都郡,排其種人,分竄山谷間,或在福祿,或在汧、隴左右。其種非一,稱槃瓠之後,或號青氐,或號白氐,或號蚺氐,此蓋蟲之類而處中國,人即其服色而名之也。其自相號曰盍稚,各有王侯,多受中國封拜。近去建安中,興國氐王阿貴、白項氐王千萬各有部落萬餘,至十六年,從馬超爲亂。超破之後,阿貴爲夏侯淵所攻滅,千萬西南入蜀,其部落不能去,皆降。國家分徙其前後兩端者,置扶風、美陽,今之安夷、撫夷二部護軍所典是也。其(太)守善,分留天水、南安界,今之廣魏郡所守是也。其俗,語不與中國同,及羌雜胡同,各自有姓,姓如中國之姓矣。其衣服尚青絳。俗能織布,善田種,畜養豕牛馬驢騾。其婦人嫁時著衽露,其緣飾之制有似羌,衽露有似中國袍。皆編髮。多知中國語,由與中國錯居故也。其自還種落間,則自氐語。其嫁娶有似於羌,此蓋乃昔所謂西戎在於街、冀、豲道者也。今雖都統於郡國,然故自有王侯在其虛落間。又故武都地陰平街左右,亦有萬餘落。貲虜,本匈奴也,匈奴名奴婢爲貲。始建武時,匈奴衰,分去其奴婢,亡匿在金城、武威、酒泉北黑水、西河東西,畜牧逐水草,鈔盜涼州,部落稍多,有數萬,不與東部鮮卑同也。其種非一,有大胡,有丁令,或頗有羌雜處,由本亡奴婢故也。當漢、魏之際,其大人有檀柘,死後,其枝大人南近在廣魏、令居界,有禿瑰來數反,爲涼州所殺。今有劭提,或降來,或遁去,常爲西州道路患也。敦煌西域之南山中,從婼羌西至蔥領數千里,有月氏餘種蔥茈羌、白馬、黃牛羌,各有酋豪,北與諸國接,不知其道里廣狹。傳聞黃牛羌各有種類,孕身六月生,南與白馬羌鄰。西域諸國,漢初開其道,時有三十六,後分爲五十餘。從建武以來,更相吞滅,於今有二十道。從敦煌玉門關入西域,前有二道,今有三道。從玉門關西出,經婼羌轉西,越蔥領,經縣度,入大月氏,爲南道。從玉門關西出,發都護井,回三隴沙北頭,經居盧倉,從沙西井轉西北,過龍堆,到故樓蘭,轉西詣龜茲,至蔥領,爲中道。從玉門關西北出,經橫坑,辟三隴沙及龍堆,出五船北,到車師界戊己校尉所治高昌,轉西與中道合龜茲,爲新道。凡西域所出,有前史已具詳,今故略說。

Tanzhe was a chieftain of the Zilu (remnants of the Xiongnu) around the transition from the Han to the Wei dynasties. He does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Deeds

Historical records state that Tanzhe was a chieftain of the Zilu around the transition from the Han to the Wei dynasties; the sources do not record any specific deeds of his.
Historical records state that after Tanzhe’s death, his branch chieftains migrated south to the region between Guangwei and Lingju.

Relationships

  • He was a chieftain of the Zilu (remnants of the Xiongnu) tribe.