Jia Kui (general)
Jia Kui | |
|---|---|
| 賈逵 | |
| General Who Establishes Might (建威將軍) | |
| In office 222–228 | |
| Monarchs | Cao Pi, Cao Rui |
| Inspector of Yu Province (豫州刺史) | |
| In office 220–222 | |
| Monarch | Cao Pi |
| Administrator of Wei Commandery (魏郡太守) | |
| In office 220 | |
| Monarch | Cao Pi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 174[1] Xiangfen County, Shanxi |
| Died | c.October 228 (aged 54)[1][a] |
| Spouse | Lady Liu |
| Children |
|
| Occupation | Military general, politician |
| Courtesy name | Liangdao (梁道) |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Su (肅侯) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Yangli Village (陽里亭侯) |
| Original name | Jia Qu (賈衢) |
Jia Kui (174 – c.October 228Eastern Han dynasty of China. He served under the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.[1]
Life
Jia Kui was from Xiangling County (襄陵縣),
Imperial Chancellor, Jia Kui was enfeoffed as a Secondary Marquis for his work in keeping his jurisdictions prepared for battle and well-supplied. During a skirmish with enemy forces from Cao Wei's rival state Eastern Wu, Jia Kui defeated the Wu general Lü Fan
and earned further accolades.
In 228, during the reign of
Zhou Fang
, who pretended to defect to the Wei side. However, Jia Kui found Zhou Fang's defection suspicious and maintained his guard. Although the Wu forces won the battle, Jia Kui managed to save Cao Xiu after his defeat and protect him while he retreated. Jia Kui died shortly after the battle.
Jia Kui's son,
Jin dynasty after the end of the Three Kingdoms period, and was enfeoffed as a duke after his daughter Jia Nanfeng married the future Emperor Hui
.
See also
Notes
- ^ The Wei Shu recorded that Jia Kui was 55 years old (by East Asian age reckoning) when he died.[2]
References
- ^ a b c de Crespigny (2007), p. 368.
- ^ (魏書曰：逵時年五十五。) Wei Shu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 15.
- ^ Sun Quan's biography in the Sanguozhi indicated that Lu Xun defeated Cao Xiu at Shi'ting in the 8th month of the 7th year of the Huangwu era of his reign. ([黃武七年]秋八月，權至皖口，使將軍陸遜督諸將大破休於石亭。) Sanguozhi, vol. 47. The month corresponds to 17 Sep to 15 Oct 228 in the Julian calendar. Jia Kui's biography in the Sanguozhi indicated that he died shortly after the battle. Thus, Jia Kui likely died in Oct 228.
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).
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