Xu Biao
Xu Biao, an Eastern Wu selection official, was falsely accused alongside Ji Yan of favoritism and died by suicide.
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History · vol. 57Records of the Three Kingdoms
…競言艷及選曹郎徐彪，專用私情，愛憎不由公理。艷、彪皆坐自殺。…
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權既陰銜溫稱美蜀政，又嫌其聲名大盛，眾庶炫惑，恐終不為己用，思有以中傷之，會暨艷事起，遂因此發舉。艷字子休，亦吳郡人也，溫引致之，以為選曹郎，至尚書。艷性狷厲，好為清議，見時郎署混濁淆雜，多非其人，欲臧否區別，賢愚異貫。彈射百僚，核選三署，率皆貶高就下，降損數等，其守故者十未能一，其居位貪鄙，志節污卑者，皆以為軍吏，置營府以處之。而怨憤之聲積，浸潤之譖行矣。競言艷及選曹郎徐彪，專用私情，愛憎不由公理。艷、彪皆坐自殺。溫宿與艷、彪同意，數交書疏，聞問往還，即罪溫。權幽之有司，下令曰：
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Xu Biao was a Selection Bureau Gentleman of Eastern Wu, appearing in volume 57 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he is not mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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While Xu Biao was serving as a Selection Bureau Gentleman, he and Ji Yan were accused of acting on personal favoritism and dislike, without regard for public principles. As a result, both were convicted and took their own lives. (According to historical records)
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- He and Ji Yan were accused of acting on personal favoritism and both were convicted and took their own lives
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Zhang Wen
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History · vol. 57
- Zhang Wen§31
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Zhang Wen (Huishu) had long shared his views, and they exchanged letters