Cao Wei · Gentleman of the Household
Zhan Qian
also called 彦皇
Zhan Qian was a Cao Wei official known for urging Cao Pi to hunt less and opposing Guo Guipin’s elevation to empress.
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History · vol. 5Records of the Three Kingdoms
…黃初三年，將登后位，文帝欲立為后，中郎棧潛上疏曰：「在昔帝王之治天下，不惟外輔，亦有內助，治亂所由，盛衰從之。…
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文德郭皇后，安平廣宗人也。祖世長吏。 〈《魏書》曰：父永，官至南郡太守，諡敬侯。母姓董氏，即堂陽君，生三男二女：長男浮，高唐令，次女昱，次即后，后弟都，弟成。后以漢中平元年三月乙卯生，生而有異常。 〉后少而父永奇之曰：「此乃吾女中王也。」遂以女王為字。早失二親，喪亂流離，沒在銅鞮侯家。太祖為魏公時，得入東宮。后有智數，時時有所獻納。文帝定為嗣，后有謀焉。太子即王位，后為夫人，及踐阼，為貴嬪。甄后之死，由后之寵也。黃初三年，將登后位，文帝欲立為后，中郎棧潛上疏曰：「在昔帝王之治天下，不惟外輔，亦有內助，治亂所由，盛衰從之。故西陵配黃，英娥降媯，並以賢明，流芳上世。桀奔南巢，禍階末喜；紂以砲烙，怡悅妲己。是以聖哲慎立元妃，必取先代世族之家，擇其令淑以統六宮，虔奉宗廟，陰教聿修。易曰：『家道正而天下定。』由內及外，先王之令典也。春秋書宗人釁夏云，無以妾為夫人之禮。齊桓誓命於葵丘，亦曰『無以妾為妻』。今后宮嬖寵，常亞乘輿。若因愛登后，使賤人暴貴，臣恐後世下陵上替，開張非度，亂自上起也。」文帝不從，遂立為皇后。 〈《魏書》曰：后上表謝曰：「妾無皇、英釐降之節，又非姜、任思齊之倫，誠不足以假充女君之盛位，處中饋之重任。」后自在東宮，及即尊位，雖有異寵，心愈恭肅，供養永壽宮，以孝聞。是時柴貴人亦有寵，后教訓獎導之。后宮諸貴人時有過失，常彌覆之，有譴讓，輒為帝言其本末，帝或大有所怒，至為之頓首請罪，是以六宮無怨。性儉約，不好音樂，常慕漢明德馬后之為人。 〉
History · vol. 25Records of the Three Kingdoms
初，任城棧潛，太祖世歷縣令，〈潛字彥皇，見應璩《書林》。〉嘗督守鄴城。…
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初，任城棧潛，太祖世歷縣令，〈潛字彥皇，見應璩《書林》。〉嘗督守鄴城。時文帝爲太子，耽樂田獵，晨出夜還。潛諫曰：「王公設險以固其國，都城禁衞，用戒不虞。大雅云：『宗子維城，無俾城壞。』又曰：『猶之未遠，是用大簡。』若逸于遊田，晨出昏歸，以一日從禽之娛，而忘無垠之釁，愚竊惑之。」太子不恱，然自後游出差簡。黃初中，文帝將立郭貴嬪爲皇后，潛上疏諫，語在〈后妃傳〉。明帝時，衆役並興，戚屬疏斥，潛上疏曰：
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Zhan Qian, a native of Rencheng, was an official of Cao Wei, mentioned in the relevant biographies in the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he does not appear in the Romance.
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- During Cao Cao’s time, he served successively as a county magistrate and once oversaw the defense of Ye. (As recorded in the histories)
- When Cao Pi was crown prince, he became engrossed in hunting, setting out at dawn and returning at night. Zhan Qian remonstrated with him. Cao Pi was displeased, and thereafter went on fewer excursions. (As recorded in the histories)
- During the Huangchu era, when Cao Pi was about to make Guo Guipin empress, Zhan Qian submitted a memorial opposing the decision. Citing ancient ritual precedents, he argued that a concubine should not be made a wife and that a woman of low status should not be elevated abruptly. Cao Pi did not accept his advice and still made Lady Guo empress. (As recorded in the histories)
- During Cao Rui’s reign, when many labor projects were being undertaken at once and imperial relatives were being alienated and kept at a distance, Zhan Qian submitted a memorial of remonstrance. (As recorded in the histories)
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- 史 ch.5 §26→ Cao Pi
「在昔帝王之治天下，不惟外輔，亦有內助，治亂所由，盛衰從之。故西陵配黃，英娥降媯，並以賢明，流芳上世。桀奔南巢，禍階末喜；紂以砲烙，怡悅妲己。是以聖哲慎立元妃，必取先代世族之家，擇其令淑以統六宮，虔奉宗廟，陰教聿修。易曰：『家道正而天下定。』由內及外，先王之令典也。春秋書宗人釁夏云，無以妾為夫人之禮。齊桓誓命於葵丘，亦曰『無以妾為妻』。今后宮嬖寵，常亞乘輿。若因愛登后，使賤人暴貴，臣恐後世下陵上替，開張非度，亂自上起也。」
- 史 ch.25 §65→ Cao Pi
「王公設險以固其國，都城禁衞，用戒不虞。大雅云：『宗子維城，無俾城壞。』又曰：『猶之未遠，是用大簡。』若逸于遊田，晨出昏歸，以一日從禽之娛，而忘無垠之釁，愚竊惑之。」
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History · vol. 25
- Cao Cao§65
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Taizu had served successively as county magistrate and supervised the defense of Ye
- Cao Pi§65
Advises
Submitted a memorial remonstrating against Emperor Wen’s hunting excursions as crown prince, when he left in the morning and returned at night; also remonstrated against making Guo Guipin empress
- Cao Rui§65
Advises
During Emperor Ming's reign, submitted a memorial urgently remonstrating against the simultaneous undertaking of many projects and the alienation and exclusion of imperial relatives