Fan Jian

樊建
Courtesy name: Changyuan (長元)
Ancestral home
Yiyang (Tongbai County, Henan)
Book mentions
7
Roles:
politician
Factions:
Jin dynasty Shu Han (primary)
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Appears in 6 chapters:
  • Chapter 87 — Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army; Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.
    Army Inspector of the southern expedition, with Dong Jue.
  • Chapter 91 — Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
    Appointed Secretary to the Northern Expedition with Dong Jue, and separately made a General Secretary in the Chengdu administration.
  • Chapter 99 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Wei Army; Sima Yi Invades The West River Land.
    At the front with Dong Jue, and the two of them are entrusted with concealing Zhuge Liang's illness and the withdrawal into Hanzhong.
  • Chapter 102 — Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei; Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses.
    At the front, and he is the officer who asks the question that lets Zhuge Liang explain the Zheng Wen deduction: 'How did you know this was only a pretended desertion?'
  • Chapter 111 — Deng Ai Outwits Jiang Wei; Zhuge Dan Battles Sima Zhao.
    With the army at Zhongti, and he is the one who says the quiet part at the victory banquet: 'General, your expeditions have partly failed many times; you have never scored a complete victory. But now on River Yao the army of Wei recognize your superiority, and why should you try again? There is small chance of success, and you risk all you have gained.' Jiang Wei answers with his own five reasons and marches anyway.
  • Chapter 119 — The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan; The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient.
    One of the four officers who go with the Latter Ruler to Luoyang rather than stay, and one of those given ranks of nobility by Sima Zhao afterwards.