Chapter 106
— Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
One of the two men who choose the next regent. Set over the privy council with Sun Zu when Cao Rui falls ill, asked who of the family could support the Heir Apparent, and answers - 'as Liu Fang and Sun Zu had both received many favors from Cao Zhen' - 'None is so fit as Cao Shuang, the son of Cao Zhen.' Then memorialises to get Cao Yu out of the capital, and carries the edict that does it. Present at the deathbed.