甘延寿 / Gan Yanshou (Western Han)

Overview

甘延寿 / Gan Yanshou enters the wiki through Hanji 570 as the Western Han commander paired with 陈汤 in the distant campaign against 郅支单于. The episode mainly uses him as part of the shared merit that 耿育 says the court under-rewarded.

Current Profile

The source does not give Gan Yanshou an independent biography. His role is paired and memorialized: he and Chen Tang are presented as having fought far away from the Han center, killed a defiant Xiongnu ruler, and created a prestige and security effect that later court actors used rhetorically.

Gan Yanshou’s importance in this wiki is therefore evidentiary and comparative. His shared award with Chen Tang lets Geng Yu argue that the original recognition was already too small, while Chen Tang’s later disgrace shows how an inadequate reward settlement can turn into a broader lesson about whether great service will be honored.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han frontier commander currently known here through one merit-vindication source.
• Paired with Chen Tang in the campaign that killed Zhizhi Chanyu.
• Serves as part of Geng Yu’s evidence that the Han court had a duty to remember extraordinary service.
• Has little independent characterization in the source beyond the shared campaign and under-reward claim.
• Helps anchor the episode’s distinction between military achievement and later court treatment.

Evidence

• Shared campaign: Hanji 570 says Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang fought far away and killed Zhizhi Chanyu.
• Public prestige: Hanji 570 says the earlier court publicized the victory as a restoration of Han honor.
• Under-reward claim: Hanji 570 says Geng Yu blames obstruction for leaving the commanders with only several hundred households.

Qualifications

This page is source-bounded. Hanji 570 treats Gan Yanshou mainly through the shared victory and reward dispute, so his office history, personal decisions, campaign command hierarchy, and later life remain outside the current evidence.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 570.

Relationships

• 陈汤 - co-commander and primary later vindication subject in the episode.
• 郅支单于 - defeated Xiongnu ruler whose death grounds the shared merit.
• 耿育 - memorialist who recalls Gan Yanshou’s achievement.
• 匈奴 - frontier opponent whose conflict with Han frames the campaign.
• 英雄记忆与政治信用 - broader concept for why public memory of service matters.