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# Tadun

Tadun (died 207) was a Wuhuan chieftain in the Liaoxi region at the end of the Han. He served as chanyu in place of the young Louban and later backed Yuan Shang against Cao Cao. He was killed after the defeat at Mount Bailang in 207.

Tadun was a Wuhuan chieftain active around Liaoxi commandery at the end of the Eastern Han. Wikidata's Chinese label and the Chinese Wikipedia article title are both Tadun, and the name is also written with a variant second character, so the heading stays the same. This entry records his death in 207; his birth year is not known.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]

## Serving as chanyu

In the Chuping years of Emperor Xian, the chanyu Qiuliju died and his son Louban was still a child. His nephew Tadun had courage and good judgment, so he was set up as chanyu in Louban's place and commanded the Wuhuan tribes of Liaoxi, Youbeiping and Liaodong. All the tribes obeyed his orders. In 199, while Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were at war, Tadun sent troops to help Yuan Shao and broke Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shao then used an imperial edict in the court's name to grant the title and seals of chanyu to Tadun and to the three kings Nanlou of Shanggu, Supuyan of Liaodong and Wuyan of Youbeiping. When Louban grew up, Nanlou and Supuyan led their followers in setting him up as chanyu, and Tadun stepped down to be king while still managing Wuhuan affairs.[^zhwiki]

## Backing Yuan Shang and the defeat at Mount Bailang

After Yuan Shao died, Yuan Shang was beaten by Cao Cao in 205 and turned to Tadun. More than a hundred thousand households of officials and commoners from You and Ji provinces had fled to the Wuhuan, and Yuan Shang hoped to use these people to win back Hebei. The Wuhuan troops of the three commanderies attacked Guangping, were beaten by Cao Cao, and withdrew. In 207 Cao Cao took the field himself. In the eighth month he routed the combined Wuhuan and Yuan army at Mount Bailang near Liucheng, in what is now northwest Jinxi in Liaoning. The Tiger and Leopard cavalry under Cao Chun captured Tadun, and Zhang Liao killed him in the battle. Cao Cao pressed the pursuit and received the surrender of more than two hundred thousand Hu and Han people, who were all moved inland. The Wuhuan gradually merged with the Han afterwards.[^zhwiki]

## Assessment

The Chinese Wikipedia article quotes Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms as saying that Tadun was also fierce and martial, that elders on the frontier compared him with Modun, and that he relied on his remote position to take in fugitives and lord it over the various peoples. It also quotes Fan Ye's History of the Later Han on his savagery and his hold on the land of Liaoxi, and Ye Shi's remark that Cao Cao killed him in a single battle. The article also notes that chapter 33 of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms has him keep helping Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi against Cao Cao after their defeat, and be cut down from his horse by Zhang Liao.[^zhwiki]

## Basic facts

- Name: Tadun, also written with a variant character[^zhwiki]
- Died: 207[^wikidata]
- Affiliation: Wuhuan[^zhwiki]
- Portrayal: [Tadun](/en/people/tadun-sanguo-q1069307.html) (a character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms)

更新时间：2026-10-25

## 标签

- [中国古代](/en/tags/ancient-china.html)

## 关系

- Portrayals：[Tadun](/en/people/tadun-sanguo-q1069307.html) 作品中的人物形象，原型为该历史人物。

## 正文反向链接

- [蹋顿](/en/people/tadun-sanguo-q1069307.html)

## 来源

- Wikidata Q1069307：https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069307 
- 蹋顿（维基百科）：https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B9%8B%E9%A0%93