Chen Ping
陳平
Source:
wikipedia.com
- Died
- November 179 BC
- Also known as
- Marquis Xian of Quni
- Book mentions
- 6
Roles:
politician
Links:
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Wikipedia entry Bio
Appears in 6 chapters:
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Chapter 23
— Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
Han-founding strategist cited in Cao Cao's boast: Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu are 'superior to Xiao He and Chen Ping'.
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Chapter 33
— A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen; An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong.
Han founder's strategist, cited in Guo Jia's elegy - 'as Chen Ping's, his strokes were most incisive.'
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Chapter 43
— Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars; Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion.
Paired with Zhang Liang in the answer to Yan Jun's canon question - ability, not book-lists, made them.
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Chapter 85
— The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
Cao Pi's flattering precedent for the surrendered Huang Quan — who declines the comparison.
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Chapter 97
— Sending A Second Memorial, Zhuge Liang Renews The Attack On Wei; Forging A Letter, Jiang Wei Defeats The Northern Army.
Paired with Zhang Liang in the memorial as the measure of the counselors Liu Shan does not have.
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Chapter 103
— In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped; In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars.
Alluded to in Yang Yong's remonstrance, paired with Bing Ji, as the chancellor who refused to carry the details in his own head: 'Chen Ping was ignorant of the figures relating to taxes, for he said these were the concern of the tax controllers.'