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Western Jin writer, courtesy name Xiaoruo, from Qiao commandery, brilliant and handsome, paired with Pan Yue as the Joined Jades; his Dongfang Shuo Hua Zan is included in the Wen Xuan.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Courtesy name Xiaoruo
Xiahou Zhan (243–291), courtesy name Xiaoruo, came from Qiao commandery (around Bozhou, Anhui), a descendant of the Wei general Xiahou Yuan, and his sister Xiahou Guangji was the mother of Emperor Yuan of Jin. Gifted and handsome, he was close to Pan Yue and the pair were called the Joined Jades. He served as aide to the Grand Commandant, Gentleman, Secretary, Secretariat Attendant and Chancellor of Nanyang, and under Emperor Hui was a cavalier attendant; he died in 291 at forty-nine. He wrote a history of Wei but destroyed it on seeing Chen Shou's Sanguo Zhi. His Dongfang Shuo Hua Zan is included in the Wen Xuan, and his other works include Di Yi and Kun Di Gao.
Three Kingdoms
Jin
Xiahou ZhanXiahou Zhan, a native of Qiao in Qiaoguo, was later chosen as a Crown Prince's attendant, then moved to be a Secretariat gentleman and went out as magistrate of Yewang. When Emperor Hui took the throne he made him a regular cavalier attendant. His grandfather Xiahou Wei had been governor of Yanzhou under Wei and his father Xiahou Zhuang governor of Huainan.
Xiahou Zhan wrote Diyi to console himself; he also wrote Kundi gao and more than thirty essays, forming a school of thought of his own. His courtesy name was Xiaoruo; he was a native of Qiao in Qiaoguo, and his grandfather Xiahou Wei had been governor of Yanzhou under Wei.