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Jiang Wei
Former Wei officer who went over to Zhuge Liang in 228, led Shu's later campaigns into Longxi, and died in the mutiny that ended Zhong Hui's revolt
At dusk on a hilltop, a large tent stands open with a table holding a map marked with small stones inside, a saddled horse tethered outside, and fire stands burning; campfires dot the river plain below, and one tiny sentry stands on the slope.
Also known as Zi Boyue
- Roles
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Jiang Wei, courtesy name Boyue, came from Ji in Tianshui; he lost his father young, studied the classics in the school of Zheng Xuan, and served as a commandery clerk. When Zhuge Liang marched out of Qishan in 228, the Tianshui governor doubted his loyalty, so he went over to Zhuge, who wrote to Zhang Yi and Jiang Wan that the twenty-six-year-old was the finest man of Liang province. After the deaths of Jiang Wan and Fei Yi he led repeated expeditions into Longxi, was badly beaten by Deng Ai at Duangu in 256, and became Grand General in the Jingyao years. When Wei invaded in 263 he held Jiange against Zhong Hui, but Deng Ai came through Yinping and Liu Shan surrendered, ordering Jiang to lay down his arms. The next year he joined Zhong Hui in a plan to hold Shu and urged him to kill the northern officers; the Wei troops mutinied, and Jiang and Zhong were killed together, with Jiang's wife and children.
Life and times
Dates 202 CE–264 CE