Lady Zou
Lady Zou was Zhang Ji’s wife; the Records of the Three Kingdoms omits her, but the novel says Cao Cao took her into his bedchamber.
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Novel · ch. 16Romance of the Three Kingdoms
…問其姓名，婦答曰：「妾乃張濟之妻鄒氏也。」操曰：「夫人識吾否？」…
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操聞言，便令安民領五十甲兵往取之。須臾，取到軍中。操見之，果然美麗。問其姓名，婦答曰：「妾乃張濟之妻鄒氏也。」操曰：「夫人識吾否？」鄒氏曰：「久聞丞相威名，今夕幸得瞻拜。」操曰：「吾為夫人，故特納張繡之降；不然滅族矣。」鄒氏拜曰：「實感再生之恩。」操曰：「今日得見夫人，乃天幸也。今宵願同枕席，隨吾還都，安享富貴，何如？」
Novel · ch. 16Romance of the Three Kingdoms
鄒氏拜謝。是夜共宿於帳中。鄒氏曰：「久住城中，繡必生疑，亦恐外人議論。」…
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鄒氏拜謝。是夜共宿於帳中。鄒氏曰：「久住城中，繡必生疑，亦恐外人議論。」操曰：「明日同夫人寨中去住。」次日，移于城外安歇，喚典韋就中軍帳房外宿衛。他人非奉呼喚，不許輒入，因此內外不通。操每日與鄒氏取樂，不想歸期。張繡家人密報繡。繡怒曰：「操賊辱我太甚！」便請賈詡商議。詡曰：「此事不可洩漏。來日等操出帳議事，如此如此。」
Novel · ch. 16Romance of the Three Kingdoms
賈詡勸張繡曰：「操兵勢大，不可與敵，不如舉城投降。」張繡從之，使賈詡至操寨通款。…
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賈詡勸張繡曰：「操兵勢大，不可與敵，不如舉城投降。」張繡從之，使賈詡至操寨通款。操見詡應對如流，甚愛之，欲用為謀士。詡曰：「某昔從李榷，得罪天下；今從張繡，言聽計從，未忍棄之。」乃辭去。次日引繡來見操，操待之甚厚。引兵入宛城屯紮，餘軍分屯城外，寨柵聯絡十餘里。一住數日。繡每日設宴請操。一日操醉，退入寢所，私問左右曰：「此城中有妓女否？」操之兄子曹安民，知操意，乃密對曰：「昨晚小姪兒窺見館舍之側，有一婦人，生得十分美麗。問之，即繡叔張濟之妻也。」
Lady Zou was the wife of Zhang Ji and belonged to Zhang Xiu’s faction. In Chapter 16 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao took her into his tent; she is not mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
After Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao heard of Lady Zou’s beauty and ordered Cao Anmin to take soldiers and bring her to the army camp. Lady Zou identified herself as Zhang Ji’s wife. Cao Cao said that he had accepted Zhang Xiu’s surrender because of her, and invited her to spend the night with him and return with him to the capital to enjoy wealth and status. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
That night, Lady Zou spent the night with Cao Cao in his tent. She warned him that staying in the city for too long might arouse Zhang Xiu’s suspicions and invite gossip. The next day, she moved with Cao Cao to a camp outside the city. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
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- 演 ch.16 §39→ Cao Cao
「妾乃張濟之妻鄒氏也。」
- 演 ch.16 §40→ Cao Cao
「久住城中，繡必生疑，亦恐外人議論。」
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Novel · ch. 16
- Zhang Ji§39
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