Tao Kan (Chinese: 陶侃; pinyin: Táo Kǎn) (259[1] – 30 July 334[2]), courtesy name Shixing (士行), formally Duke Huan of Changsha (長沙桓公), was a Chinese military general and politician during the Jin dynasty. He was the great-grandfather of the Jin Dynasty poet Tao Yuanming.
- ^ Tao Kan's biography in Book of Jin indicated that he was 76 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 259.
- ^ According to Emperor Cheng's biography in Book of Jin, Tao Kan died on the yimao day of the 6th month of the 9th year of the Xian'he era of his reign. This corresponds to 30 Jul 334 on the Julian calendar. ([咸和九年六月]乙卯，太尉、长沙公陶侃薨.) Jin Shu, vol.07