Jiao Ziwen
Cao Wei guard camp soldier Jiao Ziwen was recorded for murdering fellow soldier Dou Li, burying the body, and confessing.
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History · vol. 24Records of the Three Kingdoms
…對曰：「嘗出錢與同營士焦子文，求不得。」時子文適坐小事繫獄，柔乃見子文，問所坐。…
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頃之，護軍營士竇禮近出不還。營以為亡，表言逐捕，沒其妻盈及男女為官奴婢。盈連至州府，稱冤自訟，莫有省者。乃辭詣廷尉。柔問曰：「汝何以知夫不亡？」盈垂泣對曰：「夫少單特，養一老嫗為母，事甚恭謹，又哀兒女，撫視不離，非是輕狡不顧室家者也。」柔重問曰：「汝夫不與人有怨讎乎？」對曰：「夫良善，與人無讎。」又曰：「汝夫不與人交錢財乎？」對曰：「嘗出錢與同營士焦子文，求不得。」時子文適坐小事繫獄，柔乃見子文，問所坐。言次，曰：「汝頗曾舉人錢不？」子文曰：「自以單貧，初不敢舉人錢物也。」柔察子文色動，遂曰：「汝昔舉竇禮錢，何言不邪？」子文恠知事露，應對不次。柔曰：「汝已殺禮，便宜早服。」子文於是叩頭，具首殺禮本末，埋藏處所。柔便遣吏卒，承子文辭往掘禮，即得其屍。詔書復盈母子為平民。班下天下，以禮為戒。
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Jiao Ziwen was a soldier in the guard camp of Cao Wei and is mentioned in juan 24 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he does not appear in the Romance.
Deeds
Jiao Ziwen once lent money to Dou Li, a fellow soldier in the same camp. Later, when Dou Li went out nearby and did not return, the camp assumed he had fled and made his wife Ying and their children government slaves. (Recorded in the historical sources)
When Gao Rou interrogated Jiao Ziwen, he noticed that Jiao’s expression was unusual. Pressing him about the loan to Dou Li, Gao Rou elicited a confession: Jiao Ziwen had murdered Dou Li and disclosed where he had buried the body. (Recorded in the historical sources)
Officials dug up Dou Li’s body as described in the confession. An imperial decree restored Ying and her children to commoner status and publicized the case throughout the realm as a warning. (Recorded in the historical sources)
Relations
- Dou Li, a fellow soldier in the same camp, once borrowed money from Jiao Ziwen and was later murdered by him.
- Gao Rou interrogated Jiao Ziwen, prompting him to confess how he had committed the murder.
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Duels, kills and executions as the texts tell them, counted separately for the Records and the Romance.
- RecordsJuan 24AssassinationDou LiWon「子文於是叩頭，具首殺禮本末，埋藏處所」
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History · vol. 24
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