Cao Wei
Song Jin
Song Jin, a Cao Wei military musician, fled after Hefei fell; his mother and younger brother were spared after Gao Rou’s plea.
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History · vol. 24Records of the Three Kingdoms
…鼓吹宋金等在合肥亡逃。舊法，軍征士亡，考竟其妻子。太祖患猶不息，更重其刑。…
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魏國初建，為尚書郎。轉拜丞相理曹掾，令曰：「夫治定之化，以禮為首。撥亂之政，以刑為先。是以舜流四凶族，臯陶作士。漢祖除秦苛法，蕭何定律。掾清識平當，明于憲典，勉恤之哉！」鼓吹宋金等在合肥亡逃。舊法，軍征士亡，考竟其妻子。太祖患猶不息，更重其刑。金有母妻及二弟皆給官，主者奏盡殺之。柔啟曰：「士卒亡軍，誠在可疾，然竊聞其中時有悔者。愚謂乃宜貸其妻子，一可使賊中不信，二可使誘其還心。正如前科，固已絕其意望，而猥復重之，柔恐自今在軍之士，見一人亡逃，誅將及己，亦且相隨而走，不可復得殺也。此重刑非所以止亡，乃所以益走耳。」太祖曰：「善。」即止不殺金母、弟，蒙活者甚衆。
Song Jin was a military musician in Cao Wei who fled after the fall of Hefei. This person does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
- When Song Jin and other military musicians fled after the fall of Hefei, the old law stipulated that their wives and children would be executed. After Gao Rou interceded, the Grand Ancestor ordered that Song Jin’s mother and younger brother not be killed. (Recorded in historical sources)
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- His mother, wife, and two younger brothers were all assigned to official posts; Gao Rou interceded to spare his mother and younger brother from execution.
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Cao Wei
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Cao Wei was a regime whose state name was “Wei” during the Three Kingdoms period. In the late Eastern Han, Cao Cao gradually gained control of the court, and was successively enfeoffed as Duke of Wei and King of Wei, laying the foundations for the Cao clan’s regime. In the twenty-fifth year of Jian’an (220), Cao Pi succeeded to the title of King of Wei, accepted Emperor Xian of Han’s abdication, and ascended the throne as emperor. He adopted the reign title Huangchu and established the state name Great Wei; Emperor Xian of Han was enfeoffed as Duke of Shanyang. Cao Rui succeeded Cao Pi; as Cao Rui had no sons, he adopted Cao Fang as his heir. When Cao Fang ascended the throne, the Grand General Cao Shuang and Grand Commandant Sima Yi assisted in governing. Cao Fang was later deposed, and Cao Mao was welcomed to the throne; after Cao Mao’s death, Cao Huan succeeded him. The Cao Wei throne was successively held by Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Cao Fang, Cao Mao, and Cao Huan.