Hua Xin

華歆
Courtesy name: Ziyu (子魚)
Born
157
Died
232
Ancestral home
Gaotang, Pingyuan (Southwest of Yucheng City, Shandong)
Book mentions
48
Roles:
politician
Factions:
Cao Wei (primary) Liu Yao Sun Ce Sun Quan
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Appears in 10 chapters:
  • Chapter 29 — The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji; The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.
    Governor of Yuzhang who surrenders to Sun Ce at the mere arrival of Yu Fan's dispatch - the bloodless conquest that rounds out the southern domain.
  • Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.
    Sun Quan's envoy to the tower with the Jingzhou memorial - and Cheng Yu's first sacrifice: 'cause the Emperor to retain this Hua Xin in the capital.' He is showered with gifts, given a ministry, and quietly stolen from the South Land.
  • Chapter 66 — Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone; For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life.
    Breaks the hollow wall and drags the Empress out by the hair — the deed the poets nail him for. The chapter pauses on his portrait: once one-third of the 'Dragon' coterie with Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, he picked up the gold ingot Guan Ning ignored and ran to the window Guan Ning wouldn't look up for — the character study behind the crime.
  • Chapter 69 — Guan Lu Sees Things In The Book Of Changes; Five Loyal Subjects Die For Their State.
    Made High Minister in the great post-rising reorganization of the court.
  • Chapter 78 — Treating A Headache, A Famous Physician Dies; Giving The Last Words, The Crafty Hero Departs.
    Twice the instrument of the transition: recommends Hua Tuo with a whole catalogue of marvels — and, when the Prince dies, arrives at Yejun brandishing the edict he extorted from Emperor Xian 'almost by force,' making Cao Pi Prince of Wei on the spot.
  • Chapter 79 — Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems; Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.
    The new reign's sharpest edge: memorializes to punish the absent brothers, urges that the too-clever Cao Zhi be tested and removed after Lady Bian's intercession, is made Prime Minister — and leads the forty-official deputation into the Forbidden City to propose the abdication.
  • Chapter 80 — Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han; Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.
    The Han's chief undertaker: harangues the Emperor with Yao-and-Shun precedent, produces the omen-readers on cue, seizes the imperial sleeve — 'is it consent or not? One word!' — stage-manages the terrace, then drags the deposed man to his knees and dismisses him at sword-point. Paid with the Ministry of the Interior.
  • Chapter 91 — Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
    Twice the hard voice in the Wei council. On the proclamation he calls for death outright, backing it with Cao Cao's old warning that Sima Yi 'was ambitious and hungry, and should not be entrusted with military authority lest he harm the state' — and reads the Yongzhou-Liangzhou request as the proof. When Cao Rui comes back from Anyi still unconvinced, it is Hua Xin who supplies the compromise that actually lands: 'In any case withdraw his military powers and let him go into retirement.' Made Grand Commander in the accession honours.
  • Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
    Argues that the Emperor must take the field in person and call up all the nobles, on pain of losing Changan and the whole Land Within the Passes — the proposal Zhong Yao talks him out of in favour of recalling Sima Yi.
  • Chapter 99 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Wei Army; Sima Yi Invades The West River Land.
    One of the two further memorials that follow Wang Su's and finally move Cao Rui to recall the expedition.