Xiang Jun
Xiang Jun, a Wu official, was once ordered to write the Book of Wu with Ding Fu.
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History · vol. 53Records of the Three Kingdoms
…大皇帝末年，命太史令丁孚、郎中項峻始撰《吳書》。孚、峻俱非史才，其所撰作，不足紀錄。…
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臣聞五帝三王皆立史官，敘錄功美，垂之無窮。漢時司馬遷、班固，咸命世大才，所撰精妙，與六經俱傳。大吳受命，建國南土。大皇帝末年，命太史令丁孚、郎中項峻始撰《吳書》。孚、峻俱非史才，其所撰作，不足紀錄。至少帝時，更差韋曜、周昭、薛瑩、梁廣及臣五人，訪求往事，所共撰立，備有本末。昭、廣先亡，曜負恩蹈罪，瑩出為將，復以過徙，其書遂委滯，迄今末撰奏。臣愚淺才劣，適可為瑩等記注而已，若使撰合，必襲孚、峻之跡，懼墜大皇帝之元功，損當世之盛美。瑩涉學既博，文章尤妙，同寮之中，瑩為冠首。今者見吏，雖多經學，記述之才，如瑩者少，是以慺慺為國惜之。實欲使卒垂成之功，編於前史之末。奏上之後，退填溝壑，無所復恨。
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Xiang Jun was a Gentleman of the Palace in Eastern Wu. He coauthored the Book of Wu with Ding Fu; he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
In the final years of the Great Emperor’s reign, Xiang Jun, serving as a Gentleman of the Palace, was ordered to begin compiling the Book of Wu with Ding Fu, the Director of the Grand Astrologer’s Office. Their work was judged inadequate as a record of historical events. (As recorded in the histories)
Relationships
- Coauthored the Book of Wu with Ding Fu
- Lord & vassal
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Sun Quan
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History · vol. 53
- Sun Quan§55
Lord
compiled the Book of Wu at the order of the Great Emperor Sun Quan