Guan Ning Explained

Guan Ning
Native Name:	管寧
Birth Date:	158^[1]
Birth Place:	Linqu County, Shandong
Death Date:	241 (aged 83)
Relations:	Guan Zhong (ancestor)
Children:	Guan Miao
Occupation:	Writer
Blank1:	Courtesy name
Data1:	You'an (幼安)

Guan Ning (158–241), courtesy name You'an, was a Chinese writer of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was from Zhuxu County (朱虛縣), Beihai Commandery, which is near present-day Linqu County, Shandong.^[2] His father died when he was 16.^[3] He was friends with Hua Xin and Bing Yuan (邴原).^[4]

See also

• Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

• Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
• Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).

Notes and References

1. Guan Ning's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that he died at the age of 84 (by East Asian age reckoning) in the 2nd year of the Zhengshi era of Cao Fang's reign. (正始二年， ... 會寧卒，時年八十四。) By calculation, his birth year should be around 158.
2. (管寧字幼安，北海朱虛人也。) Sanguozhi vol. 11.
3. (年十六喪父，中表愍其孤貧，咸共贈賵，悉辭不受，稱財以送終。) Sanguozhi vol. 11.
4. (與平原華歆、同縣邴原相友，俱游學於異國，並敬善陳仲弓。) Sanguozhi vol. 11.