Xun Shen
also called 曼倩

Xun Shen, a member of the Xun clan in Cao Wei, served as Secretariat of the General-in-Chief and helped draft regulations.
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History · vol. 10Records of the Three Kingdoms
…〈《荀氏家傳》曰:惲字長倩,俁字叔倩,詵字曼倩,俁子寓,字景伯。…
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子惲,嗣侯,官至虎賁中郎將。初,文帝與平原侯植並有擬論,文帝曲禮事彧。及彧卒,惲又與植善,而與夏侯尚不穆,文帝深恨惲。惲早卒,子甝、霬,〈音翼。〉以外甥故猶寵待。惲弟俁,御史中丞,俁弟詵,大將軍從事中郎,皆知名,早卒。〈《荀氏家傳》曰:惲字長倩,俁字叔倩,詵字曼倩,俁子寓,字景伯。《世語》曰:寓少與裴楷、王戎、杜默倶有名京邑,仕晉,位至尚書,名見顯著。子羽嗣,位至尚書。〉詵弟顗,咸熙中爲司空。〈《晉陽秋》曰:顗字景倩,幼爲姊夫陳羣所異。博學洽聞,意思愼密。司馬宣王見顗,奇之,曰:「荀令君之子也。近見袁偘,亦曜卿之子也。」擢拜散騎侍郎。顗佐命晉室,位至太尉,封臨淮康公。嘗難鍾會「易無互體」,見稱於世。顗弟粲,字奉倩。何劭爲粲傳曰:粲字奉倩,粲諸兄並以儒術論議,而粲獨好言道,常以爲子貢稱夫子之言性與天道,不可得聞,然則六籍雖存,固聖人之糠粃。粲兄俁難曰:「易亦云聖人立象以盡意,繫辭焉以盡言,則微言胡爲不可得而聞見哉?」粲荅曰:「蓋理之微者,非物象之所舉也。今稱立象以盡意,此非通于意外者也。繫辭焉以盡言,此非言乎繫表者也;斯則象外之意,繫表之言,固蘊而不出矣。」及當時能言者不能屈也。又論父彧不如從兄攸。彧立德髙整,軌儀以訓物,而攸不治外形,愼密自居而已。粲以此言善攸,諸兄怒而不能迴也。太和初,到京邑與傅嘏談。嘏善名理而粲尚玄遠,宗致雖同,倉卒時或有格而不相得意。裴徽通彼我之懷,爲二家騎驛,頃之,粲與嘏善。夏侯玄亦親。常謂嘏、玄曰:「子等在世塗間,功名必勝我,但識劣我耳!」嘏難曰:「能盛功名者,識也。天下孰有本不足而末有餘者邪?」粲曰:「功名者,志局之所獎也。然則志局自一物耳,固非識之所獨濟也。我以能使子等爲貴,然未必齊子等所爲也。」粲常以婦人者,才智不足論,自宜以色爲主。驃騎將軍曹洪女有美色,粲於是娉焉,容服帷帳甚麗,專房歡宴。歴年後,婦病亡,未殯,傅嘏往喭粲;粲不哭而神傷。嘏問曰:「婦人才色並茂爲難。子之娶也,遺才而好色。此自易遇,今何哀之甚?」粲曰:「佳人難再得!顧逝者不能有傾國之色,然未可謂之易遇。」痛悼不能已,歳餘亦亡,時年二十九。粲簡貴,不能與常人交接,所交皆一時俊傑。至葬夕,赴者裁十餘人,皆同時知名士也,哭之,感慟路人。〉
History · vol. 21Records of the Three Kingdoms
…徵拜騎都尉,與議郎庾嶷、荀詵等定科令,作《新律》十八篇,著律略論。…
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御史大夫郗慮辟劭,會慮免,拜太子舍人,遷祕書郎。黃初中,爲尚書郎、散騎侍郎。受詔集五經羣書,以類相從,作《皇覽》。明帝即位,出爲陳留太守,敦崇教化,百姓稱之。徵拜騎都尉,與議郎庾嶷、荀詵等定科令,作《新律》十八篇,著律略論。遷散騎常侍。時聞公孫淵受孫權燕王之號,議者欲留淵計吏,遣兵討之,劭以爲「昔袁尚兄弟歸淵父康,康斬送其首,是淵先世之効忠也。又所聞虛實,未可審知。古者要荒未服,脩德而不征,重勞民也。宜加寬貸,使有以自新。」後淵果斬送權使張彌等首。劭嘗作趙都賦,明帝美之,詔劭作許都、洛都賦。時外興軍旅,內營宮室,劭作二賦,皆諷諫焉。
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Xun Shen was a member of the Xun clan in Cao Wei and once served as Gentleman Attendant to the General-in-Chief. He does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Achievements
- Xun Shen once served as Gentleman Attendant to the General-in-Chief, and he and his brother Xun Yu were both renowned in their time. (Recorded in historical sources)
- During Emperor Ming’s reign, Xun Shen took part in drafting the statutes alongside Liu Shao, Yu Yi, and others. Liu Shao used them as the basis for composing the eighteen chapters of the New Statutes. (Recorded in historical sources)
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