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Jia Chong
Powerful minister of the Wei-Jin transition, courtesy name Gonglu, who helped the Simas replace Wei, oversaw the Taishi legal code and rose to Grand Commandant.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Courtesy name Gonglu
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Jia Chong, courtesy name Gonglu, came from Xiangling in Pingyang and was a minister under Cao Wei and Western Jin. He held posts as secretariat gentleman, palace attendant and commandant of justice, helped Sima Zhao and Sima Yan consolidate power, and was involved in the killing of Cao Mao; he is counted among the key founding ministers of the Western Jin. Under the Jin he became Director of the Secretariat, Minister of Works and Grand Commandant and supervised the Taishi legal code, and was named overall commander in the campaign against Wu. His first wife was Li Wan, daughter of Li Feng; the Jade Terrace anthology preserves a joint-verse poem traditionally attributed to the couple. He died in 282.
Life and times
Dates 217 CE–282 CE