Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin's Rebellion
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Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin's Rebellion | |
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Result | Cao Wei victory, Guanqiu Jian slain, Wen Qin and family fled to Wu. |
Wen Qin
Eastern Wu
Deng Ai
Zhuge Dan
under Jiang Ban
Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin's Rebellion, or the Second Rebellion in Shouchun, was a
Background
In 249, the Wei regent
Planning
When Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin rebelled, they decided to secretly obtain masses of troops without giving away that their intentions were to revolt. They sent a messenger to Zhuge Dan to recruit and levy heavy quantities from Yu Province. Finding that this was an unreasonable request, Zhuge Dan deduced that they were plotting a revolt and had the messenger executed.
Rebellion
News of the uprising quickly reached Wei's rival state,
Aftermath
Wen Qin and his family successfully retreated to Wu, but was killed by Zhuge Dan when the latter rebelled a few years later. Sima Shi was young and had no heirs, so the regency was given to his second brother,
Order of battle
Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin forces
Wu forces |
Wei forces |
In popular culture
This stage, along with the other two rebellions, are all featured as playable stages during the Jin Story Mode in the Dynasty Warriors video game series. It made its first appearance in 7.
See also
Notes
- ^ Cao Mao's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin declared their rebellion on the yichou day of the 1st month of the 2nd year of the Zhengyuan era of Cao Mao's reign. The rebellion was crushed on the jihai day of the leap month in that year.[1] These dates correspond to 5 February 255 and 11 March 255 in the Gregorian calendar.
References
- ^ ([正元]二年春正月乙丑,鎮東將軍毌丘儉、楊州刺史文欽反。戊寅,大將軍司馬景王征之。癸未,車騎將軍郭淮薨。閏月己亥,破欽於樂嘉。欽遁走,遂奔吳。甲辰,安風津都尉斬儉,傳首京都。) Sanguozhi vol. 4.
- ^ Declercq, Dominik (1998). Writing Against the State: Political Rhetorics in Third and Fourth Century China. Leiden ; New York ; Köln Brill. p. 175.
The previous sovereign, Cao Fang, had been deposed when the regent, Sima Shi, discovered his involvement in a plot aimed at reversing the Simas' grip on power; the chief conspirators had been killed and their families exterminated to third degree of kinship.
- ^ Declercq, Dominik (1998). Writing Against the State: Political Rhetorics in Third and Fourth Century China. Leiden ; New York ; Köln Brill. p. 175.
In 255, only months after the accession of Cao Mao to the throne, Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin took up arms against Sima Shi.
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- Fang, Xuanling (648). Book of Jin (Jin Shu).
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).