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[vonnaeaa]

Meet this Sima Anshi who has too nice hair that he get to be the only Han person with his hair down for the whole time on screen!

[the-archlich]

The Two Emperors

In which I talk about the events of the years 264-268, when Sima Yan and Sun Hao established themselves.

Our first article will be about the first part of Sima Yan’s reign, since this is when a lot of factors that impacted the War of the Princes put down their roots. Some of this should be familiar to long-time readers, since we’ll be talking a bit about the wars between Jin and Wu and the efforts made by Sun Hao and Sima Yan to establish their personal authority.

We’ll begin our account in the…

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[fuyonggu]

ZZTJ Book 81 (280-288)

The conquest of Wu and the end of the Three Kingdoms; the fragile peace of the Taikang era.

[threekingdomsstuff]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII: Sima Yi, Zhang Chunhua, Sima Lang, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Wang Yuanji, Sima Yan

[vonnaeaa]

wait what? da jin wu huang di? right on his crowning ceremony?

so your Jia clan was already treacherous...

(Wu 武: Sima Yan's posthumous title, meaning people only call him by this name after his death.)

[vonnaeaa]

(new series cuz i want it.)

Jinshu random story #1:

(sad story about Sima Yan 司馬炎 and his childhood friend Zhuge Jing 諸葛靓.)

"吳平，逃竄不出。武帝與靚有舊，靚姊又為琅邪王妃，帝知靚在姊間，因就見焉。靚逃於廁，帝又逼見之，謂曰：「不謂今日復得相見。」靚流涕曰：「不能漆身皮面，復睹聖顏！」詔以為侍中，固辭不拜，歸於鄉里，終身不向朝廷而坐。"

"After Wu was conquered, he hid and could not be found. Emperor Wu had a past relationship with Jing, and Jing's elder sister was the Princess of Langya. Knowing that Jing was with his sister, the Emperor went to see him. Jing fled to the latrine, but the Emperor forced him to see him again, saying, "I never expected to see you again today." Jing wept and said, "I cannot paint my body and face to avenge my family, so I have to be seen by Your Majesty again!" The Emperor issued an edict appointing him as a Palace Attendant, but he firmly declined the appointment and returned to his hometown, never sitting in the court again for the rest of his life"

漆身皮面: An anecdote about Yu Rang, an assassin in the Spring and Autumn period. To kill Zhao Xiangzi to avenge his former master Zhi Bo, he disfigured himself by having his skin covered with lacquer to create scars and sores. He pulled out his teeth and became a beggar in a market and to change his voice, he swallowed charcoal. Zhuge Jing use this to say that he is ashamed that he couldn't avenge his family members and has to meet Sima Yan today.

-They were childhood friends in Luoyang. When Zhuge Dan rebel against Sima Zhao, he sent his son Jing to Wu for support, but after a year, Zhuge Dan couldn't defend anymore, and his family was killed. Jing stayed in Wu and worked as an official there.

-Yan, after becoming the emperor, wanted to meet Jing again. Jing tried to hide but Yan forced Jing to meet him. Jing still held the resentment upon the Sima clan for killing his father and family, regret that he can't avenge them, because now Yan is already Jin emperor. Yan, feeling sad and ashamed, went out of the room. So while still remembering the friendship with Yan, he never wanted to meet Yan again and reject the official position that Yan give him, as he can't accept to serve two dynasties.

"we were friends before, why did everything have to be like this?..."

[the-archlich]

The only danger from words of loyal candor comes from not listening to them.

Sima Yan

[fuyonggu]

ZZTJ Book 79 (Western Jin, 265-72)

The first years of Sima Yan and Sun Hao.