Song Dian 宋典

The Regular Attendant Song Dian was one of the eunuchs favoured by Emperor Ling. He was placed in charge of repairing the, very expensive, Jade Hall in the Southern Palace.

Song Dian was a member of Zhang Rang's faction.

Life
Song Dian is first mentioned when he and his fellow eunuchs Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng and Duan Gui had all been enfeoffed as marquises and treated with great favour.

In the year 186 A.D, the Emperor ordered Song Dian, then the Prefect Intendant of the Imperial Palace Gardens, to repair the Jade Hall in the Southern Palace.

Song Dian is mentioned again, when he and some other eunuchs received a letter from Jian Shuo in 189 A.D. Jian Shuo felt uneasy about He Jin's plot to kill the eunuchs and asked Zhao Zhong, Song Dian and the others to kill the General-in-Chief.

The eunuchs decided not to help Jian Shuo.

After this, Song Dian is not mentioned anymore in historical sources. He most likely died during the eunuch slaughter after He Jin's death.