Sima Hui

司馬徽
Courtesy name: Decao (德操)
Born
147
Died
208
Ancestral home
Yingchuan (Yuzhou City, Henan)
Also known as
Water Mirror
Book mentions
24
Roles:
scholar
Appears in 5 chapters:
  • Chapter 35 — Liu Bei Meets A Recluse At Nanzhang; Shan Fu Sees A Noble Lord At Xinye.
    Sima Hui's debut - 'Water Mirror' - recluse near Nanzhang who points Liu Bei toward Sleeping Dragon (Zhuge Liang) and Young Phoenix (Pang Tong) but won't reveal who or where. The chapter's key prophetic scene.
  • Chapter 36 — Shan Fu's Strategy: Fankou Is Captured; Xu Shu's Affection: Zhuge Liang Is Recommended.
    Sima Hui; named in passing in the chapter's recap as the recluse who started the Sleeping Dragon recommendation.
  • Chapter 37 — Sima Hui Recommends A Scholar To Liu Bei; Liu Bei Pays Three Visits To The Sleeping Dragon Ridge.
    Sima Hui; reappears in the chapter to confirm Zhuge Liang's quality - 'his talents shall illumine the empire' - but laments 'though he found his lord, alas not his moment'.
  • Chapter 38 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
    Sima Hui; named in passing - the prophecy-confirmer.
  • Chapter 57 — Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.
    Water Mirror's old prophecy is redeemed in Liu Bei's mouth: with both Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix in service, 'surely the Hans will rise again.'