Tao Kan (Chinese: 陶侃; pinyin: Táo Kǎn) (259–334), courtesy name Shixing (士行), formally Duke Huan of Changsha (長沙桓公), was a renowned Jin Dynasty (265-420) general and governor. He was the great-grandfather of the Jin Dynasty poet Tao Yuanming.
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