Zhang Jing
Zhang Jing, clerk to Cao Wei official Liu Gui, was recorded for reporting his rabbit hunt in forbidden grounds.
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History · vol. 24Records of the Three Kingdoms
…宜陽典農劉龜竊於禁內射兎，其功曹張京詣校事言之。帝匿京名，收龜付獄。…
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時獵法甚峻。宜陽典農劉龜竊於禁內射兎，其功曹張京詣校事言之。帝匿京名，收龜付獄。柔表請告者名，帝大怒曰：「劉龜當死，乃敢獵吾禁地。送龜廷尉，廷尉便當考掠，何復請告者主名，吾豈妄收龜邪？」柔曰：「廷尉，天下之平也，安得以至尊喜怒而毀法乎？」重復為奏，辭指深切。帝意寤，乃下京名。即還訊，各當其罪。
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Zhang Jing was a clerk under Liu Gui, an agricultural official in Yiyang under Cao Wei, and is mentioned in the relevant accounts in the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he does not appear in the Romance.
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Zhang Jing reported to the inspectors that Liu Gui had secretly shot a rabbit in a prohibited area. The Wei emperor withheld Zhang Jing’s name and had Liu Gui taken into custody. Gao Rou requested that the name of the informant be made public and argued his case. Once the emperor came to his senses, he disclosed Zhang Jing’s name, after which the matter was investigated and each man punished according to his crime (as recorded in the histories).
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- Clerk under Liu Gui
- Reported Liu Gui to the inspectors
- Gao Rou petitioned and argued for his name to be made public
- Lord & vassal
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History · vol. 24
- Liu Gui§29
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刘龟功曹，后告发刘龟