Zhang Xian

Zhang Xian, Wu’s commander at Jiangling, was known for building and breaching a dam on Lu Kang’s orders.
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History · vol. 58Records of the Three Kingdoms
…初,江陵平衍,道路通利,抗敕江陵督張咸作大堰遏水,漸漬平中,以絕寇叛。…
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鳳皇元年,西陵督步闡據城以叛,遣使降晉。抗聞之,日部分諸軍,令將軍左奕、吾彥、蔡貢等徑赴西陵。敕軍營更築嚴圍,自赤谿至故市,內以圍闡,外以禦寇,晝夜催切,如敵以至,眾甚苦之。諸將咸諫曰:「今及三軍之銳,亟以攻闡,比晉救至,闡必可拔。何事於圍,而以弊士民之力乎?」抗曰:「此城處勢既固,糧谷又足,且所繕修備御之具,皆抗所宿規。今反身攻之,既非可卒克,且北救必至,至而無備,表裡受難,何以御之?」諸將咸欲攻闡,抗每不許。宜都太守雷譚言至懇切,抗欲服眾,聽令一攻。攻果無利,圍備始合。晉車騎將軍羊祜率師向江陵,諸將咸以抗不宜上。抗曰:「江陵城固兵足,無所憂患。假令敵沒江陵,必不能守,所損者小。如使西陵槃結,則南山群夷皆當擾動,則所憂慮,難可而竟也。吾寧棄江陵而赴西陵,況江陵牢固乎?」初,江陵平衍,道路通利,抗敕江陵督張咸作大堰遏水,漸漬平中,以絕寇叛。祜欲因所遏水,浮船運糧,揚聲將破堰以通步軍。抗聞,使咸亟破之。諸將皆惑,屢諫不聽。祜至當陽。聞堰敗,乃改船以車運,大費損功力。
History · vol. 58Records of the Three Kingdoms
…抗令張咸固守其城;公安督孫遵巡南岸御祜;水軍督留慮、鎮西將軍朱琬拒胤。…
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晉巴東監軍徐胤率水軍詣建平,荊州刺史楊肇至西陵。抗令張咸固守其城;公安督孫遵巡南岸御祜;水軍督留慮、鎮西將軍朱琬拒胤。身率三軍,憑圍對肇。將軍朱喬、營都督俞贊亡詣肇。抗曰:「贊軍中舊吏,知吾虛實者,吾常慮夷兵素不簡練,若敵攻圍,必先此處。」即夜易夷民,皆以舊將充之。明日,肇果攻故夷兵處,抗命旋軍擊之,矢石雨下,肇眾傷死者相屬。肇至經月。計屈夜遁。抗欲追之,而慮闡畜力項領,伺視間隙,兵不足分,於是但鳴鼓戒眾,若將追者。肇眾兇懼,悉解甲挺走,抗使輕兵躡之,肇大破敗,祜等皆引軍還。抗遂陷西陵城,誅夷闡族及其大將吏,自此以下,所請赦者數萬口。修治城圍,東還樂鄉,貌無矜色,謙沖如常,故得將士歡心。〈《晉陽秋》曰:抗與羊祜推僑、札之好。抗嘗遺祜酒,祜飲之不疑。抗有疾,祜饋之藥,抗亦推心服之。於時以為華元、子反復見於今。《漢晉春秋》曰:羊祜既歸,增脩德信,以懷吳人。陸抗每告其邊戍曰:「彼專為德,我專為暴,是不戰而自服也。各保分界,無求細益而已。」於是吳、晉之間,餘糧棲畝而不犯,牛馬逸而入境,可宣告而取也。沔上獵,吳獲晉人先傷者,皆送而相還。抗嘗疾,求藥於祜,祜以成合與之,曰:「此上藥也,近始自作,未及服,以君疾急,故相致。」抗得而服之,諸將或諫,抗不答。孫皓聞二境交和,以詰於抗,抗曰:「夫一邑一鄉,不可以無信義之人,而況大國乎?臣不如是,正足以彰其德耳,於祜無傷也。」或以祜、抗為失臣節,兩譏之。○習鑿齒曰:夫理勝者天下之所保,信順者萬人之所宗,雖大猷既喪,義聲久淪,狙詐馳於當塗,權略週乎急務,負力從橫之人,臧獲牧豎之智,未有不憑此以創功,舍茲而獨立者也。是故晉文退舍,而原城請命;穆子圍鼓,訓之以力;冶夫獻策,而費人斯歸;樂毅緩攻,而風烈長流。觀其所以服物製勝者,豈徒威力相詐而已哉!自今三家鼎足四十有餘年矣,吳人不能越淮、沔而進取中國,中國不能陵長江以爭利者,力均而智侔,道不足以相傾也。夫殘彼而利我,未若利我而無殘;振武以懼物,未若德廣而民懷。匹夫猶不可以力服,而況一國乎?力服猶不如以德來,而況不制乎?是以羊祜恢大同之略,思五兵之則,齊其民人,均其施澤,振義網以羅強吳,明兼愛以革暴俗,易生民之視聽,馳不戰乎江表。故能德音悅暢,而襁負雲集,殊鄰異域,義讓交弘,自吳之遇敵,未有若此者也。抗見國小主暴,而晉德彌昌,人積兼己之善,而己無固本之規,百姓懷嚴敵之德,闔境有棄主之慮,思所以鎮定民心,緝寧外內,奮其危弱,抗權上國者,莫若親行斯道,以侔其勝。使彼德靡加吾,而此善流聞,歸重邦國,弘明遠風,折衝於枕席之上,校勝於帷幄之內,傾敵而不以甲兵之力,保國而不浚溝池之固,信義感於寇仇,丹懷體於先日。豈設狙詐以危賢,徇己身之私名,貪外物之重我,闇服之而不備者哉!由是論之,苟守局而保疆,一卒之所能;協數以相危,小人之近事;積詐以防物,臧獲之餘慮;威勝以求安,明哲之所賤。賢人君子所以拯世垂範,捨此而取彼者,其道良弘故也。〉
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Zhang Xian was the Wu commander of Jiangling, mentioned in volume 58 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
- Lu Kang ordered Zhang Xian to build a large dam to hold back the water and block the enemy army’s passage. (Recorded in the historical sources)
- After Yang Hu threatened to breach the dam and pass through, Lu Kang ordered Zhang Xian to breach it immediately. When Yang Hu reached Dangyang and learned that the dam had been destroyed, he switched to transporting grain by cart, expending much more effort. (Recorded in the historical sources)
Relationships
- Acted on the orders of the Wu general Lu Kang.
- Lord & vassal

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History · vol. 58
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