Fan Kuai
Fan Kuai | |
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| 樊噲 | |
A Ming dynasty illustration of Fan Kuai | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 242 BC? Feng County, Jiangsu |
| Died | 189 BC |
| Spouse | Lü Xu |
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| Occupation | General |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Wu (武侯) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Wuyang (舞陽侯) |
Fan Kuai (242 – c.July 189 BC) 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, and his rival Xiang Yu.