Fan Kuai

Fan Kuai
樊噲
A Ming dynasty illustration of Fan Kuai
Personal details
Born242 BC?
Feng County, Jiangsu
Died189 BC
SpouseLü Xu
Children
  • Fan Kang
  • Fan Shiren
  • one daughter
OccupationGeneral
Posthumous nameMarquis Wu (武侯)
PeerageMarquis of Wuyang
(舞陽侯)

Fan Kuai (242 – c.July 189 BC[1]) was a military general of the early Western Han dynasty. He was a prominent figure of the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC), a power struggle for supremacy over China between the Han dynasty's founder, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao), and his rival, Xiang Yu.

  1. ^ 6th month of the 6th year of Emperor Hui's reign, per Emperor Hui's biography in Book of Han. The month corresponds to 30 Jun to 28 Jul 189 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar.