Cui Yan
崔琰
Courtesy name: Jigui (季珪)
Source:
kongming.net
- Born
- 163
- Died
- 216
- Ancestral home
- Dongwu, Qinghe (Northeast of Wucheng County, Shandong)
- Book mentions
- 8
Roles:
advisor
politician
scholar
Links:
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Kongming entry Bio
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Wikipedia entry Bio
Appears in 3 chapters:
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Chapter 33
— A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen; An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong.
The Dongwu worthy who stayed home sick rather than serve unheeded: summoned by Cao Cao, who greets him with tax arithmetic about three hundred thousand households, he answers that the people 'have been stripped naked' and asks how taxation before relief can win them. Cao Cao takes the rebuke and treats him the better for it.
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Chapter 39
— At Jingzhou, The Son Of Liu Biao Thrice Begs Advice; At Bowang Slope, The Directing Instructor Plans His First Battle.
Appointed one of Cao Cao's two general secretaries (with Mao Jie) in the reorganization that ends the three highest offices.
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Chapter 68
— Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
The one man who says no to the princedom — 'you may commit rebellion yourselves; I will bear no part in it.' Thrown into prison, he glares like a tiger, curses Cao Cao as a betrayer of his prince, and is beaten to death. 'Cui Yan of Qinghe, firm and unyielding was he.'