Li Kan 李堪

According to the Annals of Emperor Wu in Records of Wei 1, in the 3rd month of the 16th year of Jian'an (211), since Zhang Lu held Hanzhong, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to attack him and had Xiahou Yuan and others go out to Hedong to join Zhong Yao. At this time the generals of Guanzhong suspected that Zhong Yao meant to attack them, and Ma Chao finally rebelled together with Han Sui, Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Cheng Yi and others. Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to attack them. Records, Wei 1 §109–110

When Ma Chao and the others camped at Tong Pass, Cao Cao ordered his generals that the troops west of the pass were picked and fierce, so they should hold their walls firmly and not fight them. In the autumn, in the 7th month, Cao Cao set out west and encamped facing them across Tong Pass, and secretly sent Xu Huang, Zhu Ling and others to cross at Puban Ford by night and set up a camp west of the Yellow River. When Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River and set up camp south of the Wei River, Ma Chao and the others camped south of the Wei River and sent envoys asking for the land west of the Yellow River to be ceded to them and suing for peace, but Cao Cao did not consent. Records, Wei 1 §110–111

In the 9th month Cao Cao crossed the Wei River. When Ma Chao and the others insisted on asking for land to be ceded and offered to send sons as hostages, Cao Cao used Jia Xu's plan and pretended to agree. Cao Cao talked with Han Sui with their horses side by side for a long while about nothing but old times in the capital, and later sent Han Sui a letter with many erasures and corrections, so that Ma Chao and the others grew even more suspicious of Han Sui. Records, Wei 1 §112–113

Cao Cao fixed a day for a decisive battle. He first provoked the enemy with light troops, and after fighting for a long while he at last let loose his Tiger Cavalry to attack from both sides, crushed them and beheaded Cheng Yi, Li Kan and others. Han Sui, Ma Chao and the others fled to Liang Province, Yang Qiu fled to Anding, and Guanzhong was pacified. Records, Wei 1 §113

The account of Ma Chao in the Biographies of Guan, Zhang, Ma, Huang and Zhao in Records of Shu 6 also records that when Ma Chao took command of Ma Teng's troops, he allied with Han Sui, joined hands with Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Cheng Yi and others, and advanced to Tong Pass. When Cao Cao met Han Sui and Ma Chao, each riding alone, Ma Chao meant to seize Cao Cao, but when Xu Chu glared at him he did not dare move, and Cao Cao, using Jia Xu's plan, set Ma Chao and Han Sui against each other and crushed their army. Records, Shu 6 §26–27

In Chen Shou's main text, Li Kan's name appears only in these three places, and his courtesy name, place of origin and offices are not recorded. Records, Wei 1 §110 · 113Records, Shu 6 §27