Han Dang 韓當

Skilled at archery and horsemanship and possessed of great strength, Han Dang won the favor of Sun Jian. Following Sun Jian on campaigns far and wide, he repeatedly braved danger and hardship, broke enemy lines and took captives, and was made Major of Separate Command (biebu sima). Records, Wu 10 §16

When Sun Ce crossed the river to the east, Han Dang went with him and campaigned against three commanderies, and was promoted to Commandant of the Vanguard (Xiandeng Xiaowei), receiving 2,000 soldiers and 50 horsemen. When Sun Ce ran into Taishi Ci, the thirteen horsemen accompanying Sun Ce were men such as Han Dang, Song Qian and Huang Gai. He went on to take part in the campaign against Liu Xun and the defeat of Huang Zu, and on his return he attacked Poyang and served as Chief of Le'an County, where the Shanyue feared and submitted to him. In the 8th year of Jian'an (203), together with Zhou Tai, Lü Meng and others, he became a prefect or chief of one of the counties that were hard to govern. Records, Wu 10 §16Records, Wu 4 §27Records, Wu 2 §7

Later, as General of the Household (zhonglang jiang), he joined Zhou Yu and others in resisting and defeating Cao Cao. When Zhang Liao attacked Chen Lan, Zang Ba of Wei was sent separately to Wan to attack Han Dang, and the troops Han Dang sent out were defeated by Zang Ba at Fenglong and Jiashi (Biography of Zang Ba). After that he and Lü Meng took Nan Commandery by surprise, and he was promoted to Lieutenant General (pian jiangjun) with the concurrent post of Administrator of Yongchang. Records, Wu 10 §17Records, Wei 18 §26

In the Yidu campaign he joined Lu Xun, Zhu Ran and others in attacking the Shu army at Zhuoxiang and crushing it, and was transferred to General of Mighty Valor (Weilie Jiangjun) and enfeoffed as Marquis of a Chief Village. When Cao Zhen attacked Nan Commandery, he defended the southeast. While commanding in the field he encouraged his officers and men to hold firm with one heart, and he respected the supervising officials and faithfully observed the laws and ordinances, for which Sun Quan thought well of him. Records, Wu 10 §17Records, Wu 13 §17

In the 2nd year of Huangwu (223) he was enfeoffed as Marquis of Shicheng and promoted to General of Illustrious Martial Might with the concurrent post of Administrator of Guanjun, and later the title of Area Commander (dudu) was added. Leading 10,000 Dare-to-Die and Jiefan troops, he attacked and defeated the bandits of Danyang, and just then died of illness. His son Han Zong inherited the marquisate and command of his troops; that year, when Sun Quan went to attack Shiyang, Han Zong, being in mourning, was left to guard Wuchang. Sun Quan's campaign against Shiyang took place in the 5th year of Huangwu (226). Records, Wu 10 §18–19Records, Wu 2 §54

Han Zong was dissolute and lawless. Sun Quan did not call him to account for his father's sake, but Han Zong, afraid, loaded his father's coffin and fled to Wei with his mother, his household and several thousand men and women of his personal troops. The Biography of the Lord of Wu records this as happening in the intercalary month of the 6th year of Huangwu (227). Wei made him a general and enfeoffed him as Marquis of Guangyang, and as Han Zong repeatedly raided the border and killed the people, Sun Quan always gnashed his teeth over him. When Han Zong, leading the vanguard in the battle of Dongxing, was defeated and killed, Zhuge Ke cut off his head and sent it to be presented at Sun Quan's shrine. Records, Wu 10 §19Records, Wu 2 §59

In his assessment, Chen Shou called the generals in the volume containing Han Dang's biography all tiger-like servants of Jiangbiao whom the Sun family treated generously, and wrote that since Sun Quan could forget the faults and remember the merits even of Pan Zhang, who did not cultivate his conduct, it was only fitting that he held and kept the southeast. Records, Wu 10 §109