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Yan Zhong

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Yan Zhong of Hanyang once urged Huangfu Song to raise an army, then was seized and made leader by Wang Guo and other rebels from Liang Province.

History Records, vol. 10 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 10Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …少時人莫知,唯漢陽閻忠異之,謂詡有良、平之奇。〈《九州春秋》曰:中平元年,車騎將軍皇甫嵩旣破黃巾,威震天下。…
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    賈詡字文和,武威姑臧人也。少時人莫知,唯漢陽閻忠異之,謂詡有良、平之奇。〈《九州春秋》曰:中平元年,車騎將軍皇甫嵩旣破黃巾,威震天下。閻忠時罷信都令,説嵩曰:「夫難得而易失者時也,時至而不旋踵者機也,故聖人常順時而動,智者必因機以發。今將軍遭難得之運,蹈易解之機,而踐運不撫,臨機不發,將何以享大名乎?」嵩曰:「何謂也?」忠曰:「天道無親,百姓與能,故有髙人之功者,不受庸主之賞。今將軍授鉞於初春,收功於末冬,兵動若神,謀不再計,旬月之間,神兵電掃,攻堅易於折枯,摧敵甚於湯雪,七州席巻,屠三十六萬方,夷黃巾之師,除邪害之患,或封戸刻石,南向以報德,威震本朝,風馳海外。是以羣雄迴首,百姓企踵,雖湯武之舉,未有髙於將軍者。身建髙人之功,北面以事庸主,將何以圖安?」嵩曰:「心不忘忠,何爲不安?」忠曰:「不然。昔韓信不忍一飱之遇,而棄三分之利,拒蒯通之忠,忽鼎跱之勢,利劒已揣其喉,乃嘆息而悔,所以見烹於兒女也。今主勢弱於劉、項,將軍權重於淮陰,指麾可以振風雲,叱咤足以興雷電;赫然奮發,因危抵頽,崇恩以綏前附,振武以臨後服;徴冀方之士,動七州之衆,羽檄先馳於前,大軍震響於後,蹈蹟漳河,飲馬孟津,舉天網以網羅京都,誅閹宦之罪,除羣怨之積忿,解久危之倒懸。如此則攻守無堅城,不招必影從,雖兒童可使奮空拳以致力,女子可使其褰裳以用命,況厲智能之士,因迅風之勢,則大功不足合,八方不足同也。功業已就,天下已順,乃燎于上帝,告以天命,混齊六合,南面以制,移神器於己家,推亡漢以定祚,實神機之至決,風發之良時也。夫木朽不彫,世衰難佐,將軍雖欲委忠難佐之朝,彫畫朽敗之木,猶逆坂而走丸,必不可也。方今權宦羣居,同惡如市,主上不自由,詔命出左右。如有至聦不察,機事不先,必嬰後悔,亦無及矣。」嵩不從,忠乃亡去。《英雄記》曰:涼州賊王國等起兵,共劫忠爲主,統三十六部,號車騎將軍。忠感慨發病而死。〉察孝廉爲郎,疾病去官,西還至汧,道遇叛氐,同行數十人皆爲所執。詡曰:「我段公外孫也,汝別埋我,我家必厚贖之。」時太尉段熲,昔久爲邊將,威震西土,故詡假以懼氐。氐果不敢害,與盟而送之,其餘悉死。詡實非段甥,權以濟事,咸此類也。

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Yan Zhong was from Hanyang and once served as the Magistrate of Xindu. He does not appear in the novel.

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The Jiuzhou Chunqiu, cited in Pei Songzhi’s commentary, records that Yan Zhong urged Huangfu Song to seize the opportunity to raise an army, eliminate the eunuchs, and replace the Han imperial house. Huangfu Song refused, and Yan Zhong then left (historically recorded).
The Yingxiong Ji, cited in Pei Songzhi’s commentary, records that after Wang Guo and other Liang Province rebels rose in arms, they jointly seized Yan Zhong and made him their leader. He commanded thirty-six divisions and was titled General of Chariots and Cavalry; Yan Zhong died after falling ill with grief (historically recorded).

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