Liu Yao
Liu Yao, a Cao Wei camp clerk, is recorded for seeking to prosecute Sun Yong and secretly memorializing Bao Xun.
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History · vol. 12Records of the Three Kingdoms
…時营垒未成，但立标埒，邕邪行不從正道，軍营令史劉曜欲推之，勛以堑垒未成，解止不舉。…
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帝從壽春還，屯陳留郡界。太守孫邕見，出過勛。時营垒未成，但立标埒，邕邪行不從正道，軍营令史劉曜欲推之，勛以堑垒未成，解止不舉。大軍還洛陽，曜有罪，勛奏绌遣，而曜密表勛私解邕事。詔曰：『勛指鹿作馬，收付廷尉。』廷尉法議：『正刑五歲。』三官駮：『依律罰金二斤。』帝大怒曰：『勛無活分，而汝等敢纵之！收三官已下付刺奸，當令十鼠同穴。』太尉锺繇、司徒華歆、镇軍大將軍陳羣、侍中辛毗、尚書卫臻、守廷尉高柔等並表『勛父信有功於太祖』，求请勛罪。帝不許，遂誅勛。勛内行既脩，廉而能施，死之日，家無餘财。后二旬，文帝亦崩，莫不爲勛歎恨。
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Liu Yao was a registrar in the Cao Wei military camp. His deeds are recorded in the relevant passages of Records of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 12; he does not appear in the novel.
Deeds
When Sun Yong crossed the camp’s boundary markers instead of taking the proper route, Liu Yao wanted to have him brought forward for punishment; Bao Xun dissuaded him on the grounds that the camp’s ramparts were not yet complete. (As recorded in the histories)
After the army returned to Luoyang, Liu Yao was found guilty and secretly submitted a memorial reporting that Bao Xun had privately let Sun Yong off. (As recorded in the histories)
Relationships
- Involved in the same camp incident as Sun Yong: Liu Yao wanted to have Sun Yong brought forward for punishment.
- In conflict with Bao Xun: Bao Xun had dissuaded him from bringing Sun Yong to justice, and Liu Yao later secretly memorialized the matter.
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Bao Xun
Enemy
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History · vol. 12
- Bao Xun§66
Enemy
After he was dismissed following Bao Xun’s memorial, he secretly reported Bao Xun in a memorial, and Bao Xun was executed as a result