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Chen Qian

Chen Qian, a Wu palace attendant, was recorded for traveling to Jianye on Consort Zhang’s orders to submit a memorial to the empress and ask after Zhuge Ke.

History Records, vol. 59 · Not in the Romance

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History · vol. 59Records of the Three Kingdoms
…妃使黃門陳遷之建業上疏中宮，并致問於恪。臨去，恪謂遷曰：「爲我達妃，期當使勝他人。」…
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太元二年正月，封和爲南陽王，遣之長沙。〈《吳書》曰：和之長沙，行過蕪湖，有鵲巢于帆檣，故官寮聞之皆憂慘，以爲檣末傾危，非乆安之象。或言鵲巢之詩有「積行累功以致爵位」之言，今王至德茂行，復受國土，儻神靈以此告寤人意乎？〉四月，權薨，諸葛恪秉政。恪即和妃張之舅也。妃使黃門陳遷之建業上疏中宮，并致問於恪。臨去，恪謂遷曰：「爲我達妃，期當使勝他人。」此言頗泄。又恪有徙都意，使治武昌宮，民間或言欲迎和。及恪被誅，孫峻因此奪和璽綬，徙新都，又遣使者賜死。和與妃張辭別，張曰：「吉凶當相隨，終不獨生活也。」亦自殺，舉邦傷焉。

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Chen Qian was a palace attendant of Eastern Wu. He appears in the account of Sun He and Consort Zhang in juan 59 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he is not mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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In the second year of the Taiyuan era, Consort Zhang sent Chen Qian to Jianye to submit a memorial to the Empress and convey her regards to Zhuge Ke. (According to historical records)