Yuan Min

Yuan Min, Yuan Hui’s younger brother, served as a river embankment inspector early in Wei and was noted for martial and waterworks skills.
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History · vol. 11Records of the Three Kingdoms
…〉徽弟敏,有武藝而好水功,官至河隄謁者。
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初,渙從弟霸,公恪有功幹,魏初為大司農,及同郡何夔並知名於時。而霸子亮,夔子曾,與侃復齊聲友善。亮貞固有學行,疾何晏、鄧颺等,著論以譏切之,位至河南尹、尚書。〈《晉諸公贊》曰:亮子粲,字儀祖,文學博識,累為儒官,至尚書。〉霸弟徽,以儒素稱。遭天下亂,避難交州。司徒辟,不至。〈袁宏《漢紀》曰:初,天下將亂,渙慨然歎曰:「漢室陵遲,亂無日矣。苟天下擾攘,逃將安之?若天未喪道,民以義存,唯彊而有禮,可以庇身乎!」徽曰:「古人有言:『知機其神乎』!見機而作,君子所以元吉也。天理盛衰,漢其亡矣!夫有大功必有大事,此又君子之所深識,退藏於密者也。且兵革旣興,外患必衆,徽將遠迹山海,以求免身。」及亂作,各行其志。〉徽弟敏,有武藝而好水功,官至河隄謁者。
History · vol. 11Records of the Three Kingdoms
…又帝聞渙昔拒呂布之事,問渙從弟敏:「渙勇怯何如?」敏對曰:「渙貌似和柔,然其臨大節,處危難,雖賁、育不過也。」…
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魏國初建,為郎中令,行御史大夫事。渙言於太祖曰:「今天下大難已除,文武並用,長久之道也。以為可大收篇籍,明先聖之教,以易民視聽,使海內斐然向風,則遠人不服可以文德來之。」太祖善其言。時有傳劉備死者,羣臣皆賀;渙以甞為備舉吏,獨不賀。居官數年卒,太祖為之流涕,賜穀二千斛,一教「以太倉穀千斛賜郎中令之家」,一教「以垣下穀千斛與曜卿家」,外不解其意。教曰:「以太倉穀者,官法也;以垣下穀者,親舊也。」又帝聞渙昔拒呂布之事,問渙從弟敏:「渙勇怯何如?」敏對曰:「渙貌似和柔,然其臨大節,處危難,雖賁、育不過也。」渙子侃,亦清粹閑素,有父風,歷位郡守尚書。〈《袁氏世紀》曰:渙有四子,侃、㝢、奧、準。侃字公然,論議清當,柔而不犯,善與人交。在廢興之間,人之所趣務者,常謙退不為也。時人以是稱之。歷位黃門選部郎,號為清平。稍遷至尚書,早卒。㝢字宣厚,精辯有機理,好道家之言,少被病,未官而卒,奧字公榮,行足以厲俗,言約而理當,終於光祿勳。準字孝尼,忠信公正,不恥下問,唯恐人之不勝己。以世事多險,故常治退而不敢求進。著書十餘萬言,論治世之務,為易、周官、詩傳,及論五經滯義,聖人之微言,以傳於世。此準之自序也。荀綽《九州記》稱準有儁才,泰始中為給事中。袁氏子孫世有名位,貴達至今。〉
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Yuan Min was Yuan Hui’s younger brother and a member of the Yuan family in the early Wei period. The sources do not record which chapter he appears in, and the novel does not mention him.
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Yuan Min was skilled in martial arts and interested in water management. He rose to the post of Attendant at the River Embankments (as recorded in the histories).
Relationships
- Younger brother of Yuan Hui.
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- 史 ch.11 §7→ Cao Pi
「渙勇怯何如?」
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