Shen Pei

審配
Courtesy name: Zhengnan (正南)
Died
204
Ancestral home
Yin'an, Wei
Book mentions
52
Roles:
advisor
Factions:
Yuan Shang (primary) Yuan Shao
Relationships:
Shen Rong Nephew
Appears in 6 chapters:
  • Chapter 13 — Li Jue and Guo Si Duel In Changan; The Emperor Establishes Anyi The New Capital.
    Warns Yuan Shao that Lü Bu is 'a savage beast' who will come for Jizhou after Yanzhou - the advice that sends Yan Liang south with fifty thousand and pushes Lü Bu toward Xuzhou.
  • Chapter 22 — Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field; Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.
    Shen Pei; Yuan Shao adviser pushing for an immediate strike on Xuchang.
  • Chapter 26 — Yuan Shao Loses Another Leader; Guan Yu Abandons Rank And Wealth.
    Joins Guo Tu in denouncing Liu Bei after Wen Chou's death - and is waved off as nearly making his master 'injure the good' when Liu Bei talks his way clear.
  • Chapter 30 — Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries; Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.
    Shen Pei; the corrupt jailing of Xu You's family that drives Xu You's defection.
  • Chapter 31 — Cao Cao Overcomes Yuan Shao In Cangting; Liu Bei Seeks Shelter With Liu Biao In Jingzhou.
    Shen Pei; Yuan Shang's chief adviser.
  • Chapter 32 — Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives; River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes.
    Writes the dying Yuan Shao's testament and rules Yejun for Yuan Shang: counters Feng Li's tunnel by entombing the sappers, but cannot counter the flood, the famine, or his own vengeance - eighty of the Xin family beheaded on the wall buys his nephew's betrayal of the west gate. Captured by Xu Huang, whipped by Xin Pi, he refuses Cao Cao to his face and kneels for the sword facing north: 'Alive, I have served the Yuans; dead, I will be their ghost.' Cao Cao buries him with honor.