Kan Ze
闞澤
Courtesy name: Derun (德潤)
Source:
Koei Wiki (Fandom)
- Died
- 243
- Ancestral home
- Shanyin, Kuaiji (Southeast of Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
- Book mentions
- 41
Roles:
politician
scholar
Factions:
Eastern Wu
(primary)
Appears in 6 chapters:
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Chapter 38
— Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
Kan Ze; named in passing - will play a role in chapter 47.
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Chapter 46
— Using Strategy, Zhuge Liang Borrows Arrows; Joining A Ruse, Huang Gai Accepts Punishment.
Reads the beating for theatre from the general's face - 'I guessed about nine tenths of the truth' - and is the one friend Huang Gai trusts with the secret: he joyfully agrees to carry the false-surrender letter into Cao Cao's camp.
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Chapter 47
— Kan Ze Presents A Treacherous Letter; Pang Tong Suggests Chaining The Ships.
Borrowed books as a poor boy and never forgot a page: now he punts to the north shore as an old fisherman, hands over the letter - and laughs on the way to his own beheading. When Cao Cao springs the trap question ('why does the letter name no time?'), his scorn is the answer: a renegade cannot timetable his chance, 'and you know nothing of common sense.' Cao Cao ends up bowing. He refuses gold, sails home, and stage-manages the Gan Ning scene that flips the Cai brothers inside out.
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Chapter 49
— On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds; At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire.
Named by the dying Cai He as a fellow plotter - 'under my directions!' answers Zhou Yu - and left among the advisers guarding the camp as the fleet sails.
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Chapter 66
— Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone; For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life.
Kan Ze; named in passing at Sun Quan's court.
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Chapter 83
— Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
Kan Ze; recommends Lu Xun to Sun Quan; the kingmaker for the man who will win Yiling.