Dong Cen

Dong Cen, a relative of Eastern Wu's Zhou Fang, appears in historical records for feigning defection and sending a letter to help lure Cao Xiu.
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History · vol. 60Records of the Three Kingdoms
…謹遣親人董岑、邵南等托叛奉箋。時事變故,列於別紙,惟明公君侯垂日月之光,照遠民之趣,永令歸命者有所戴賴。…
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其一曰:"魴以千載饒幸,得備州民,遠隔江川,敬恪未顯,瞻望雲景,天實為之。精誠微薄,名位不昭,雖懷焦渴,曷緣見明?狐死首丘,人情戀本,而逼所制,奉覿禮違。每獨矯首西顧,未嘗不寤寐勞歎,展轉反側也。今因隙穴之際,得陳宿昔之志,非神啟之,豈能致此!不勝翹企,萬里托命。謹遣親人董岑、邵南等托叛奉箋。時事變故,列於別紙,惟明公君侯垂日月之光,照遠民之趣,永令歸命者有所戴賴。"
History · vol. 60Records of the Three Kingdoms
周魴字子魚,吳郡陽羨人也。少好學,舉孝廉,為寧國長,轉在懷安。…
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周魴字子魚,吳郡陽羨人也。少好學,舉孝廉,為寧國長,轉在懷安。錢唐大帥彭式等蟻聚為寇,以魴為錢唐侯相,旬月之間,斬式首及其支黨,遷丹楊西部都尉。黃武中。鄱陽大帥彭綺作亂,攻沒屬城,乃以魴為鄱陽太守,與胡綜戮力攻討,遂生禽綺,送詣武昌,加昭義校尉。被命密求山中舊族名帥為北敵所聞知者,令譎挑魏大司馬揚州牧曹休。魴答,恐民帥小丑不足仗任,事或漏洩,不能致休,乞遣親人賫箋七條以誘休。
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Dong Cen was a relative of Zhou Fang of Eastern Wu and took part in feigning defection by delivering a letter to lure Cao Xiu. He does not appear in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
When Zhou Fang was ordered to lure Cao Xiu, he sent Dong Cen and Shao Nan to feign defection from Wu and deliver a letter to Cao Xiu, expressing their wish to surrender. (Recorded in historical sources.)
Relationships
- A relative of Zhou Fang, he feigned defection and delivered a letter on Zhou Fang’s orders
- Lord & vassal

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History · vol. 60
- Zhou Fang§43
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A relative of Zhou Fang, who delivered a letter to Cao Xiu on his behalf, pretending to defect