Deng Ai (鄧艾) | 24 Histories

Overview

Deng Ai was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 263 三國魏
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 74, passage 56
AD 249 to AD 264 三國魏時
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 189, passage 111
AD 264 吴闻锺、邓败
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 47
AD 249 to AD 264 周瑜、魯肅、呂蒙、陸遜、陸抗、鄧艾、羊祜皆以其地顯名
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 436, passages 141-142
AD 256 to AD 263 延熙十九年至炎興元年
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 133
AD 263 to AD 264 炎興元年至明年春
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passages 167, 186

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AD 263 諸葛瞻不據束馬之險，卒擒于鄧艾。
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 168
AD 220 to AD 264 鄧艾
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 50, passage 181
AD 249 to AD 264 鄧艾故址
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 182
AD 263 鄧艾至蜀
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 218
AD 263 鐘會、鄧艾之伐蜀
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 41, passage 158

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Career and standing

Arrested
AD 264 明年春正月
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 186
Intended
AD 263 鄧艾至蜀 · Ordered execution · With Huang Hao (黃皓)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 218

Places and affiliations

Polity Cao Wei 曹魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 182; History of Song 436, passage 142; New Book of Tang 189, passage 111
Polity Cao Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 158
Polity Cao Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 218
AD 263 鄧艾至蜀
At Shu 蜀 · Relation Arrived in
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 218
At Deng Ai old site 鄧艾故址 · Relation Associated site
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 182
At Jing-Xiang 荊襄 · Relation Won fame from
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 142

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Liu Shan (劉禪)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passages 169-176

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Shu
AD 263 鐘會、鄧艾之伐蜀 · Military · Commander · With Zhong Hui (鐘會)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 158
Captured Zhuge Zhan
Military · Victor · With Zhuge Zhan (諸葛瞻) · Date AD 263
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 168
Entered Shu and arrested Huang Hao
AD 263 鄧艾至蜀 · Military · Conqueror · With Huang Hao (黃皓)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 218
Left canal traces later followed
Hydraulic · Earlier engineer · Mode historical-allusion
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 189, passage 111
Made name from Jing Xiang
Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 142
Multi prong invasion of Shu with Zhong Hui and Zhuge Xu
AD 263 炎興元年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 149

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Received surrender; appointed Liu Shan General of the Piebald Horse
Political · Acceptor
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passages 181, 183
Repaired canals and irrigated 20000 qing
Engineering · Builder
Directly stated · History of Jin 50, passage 181

Source notes

Historicity historical · Three Kingdoms general invoked as comparison
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 74, passage 56
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 158; Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 182; Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 218; New Book of Tang 189, passage 111

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History

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History of Jin, Chapter 50Volume 50 Treatises 31: Finance and Economics 5: Monopoly Markets, State Purchase of Grain, Rice Fields, Agricultural Land Administration, Buying of Titles or Pardons With Grain and Selling of Ordination Certificates · 1 passage

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鄧艾修淮陽、百尺二渠，通淮、潁、大治諸陂于潁之南，穿渠三百餘裏，溉田二萬頃。 Deng Ai repaired the Huaiyang and Baichi canals, linking the Huai and Ying and major reservoirs south of the Ying with canals over 300 li long, irrigating 20,000 qing.

Book of Jin, Chapter 41Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang · 1 passage

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鐘會、鄧艾之伐蜀也，有客問寔曰：「二將其平蜀乎？」 During Zhong Hui and Deng Ai's invasion of Shu, a visitor asked Liu Shi, "Will those two generals conquer Shu?"

Book of Jin, Chapter 128Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao · 1 passage

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諸葛瞻不據束馬之險，卒擒于鄧艾。 Zhuge Zhan did not hold the peril of Shuma and in the end was captured by Deng Ai.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14 Book of Later Liang 14: Biographies 4: Luo Shaowei, Zhao Chou, Wang Ke · 1 passage

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又詢鄧艾故址，決翟王河以溉稻粱，大實倉廩，民獲其利。 He opened the Zhaiwang River on Deng Ai's route and filled the granaries.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 1 passage

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奈何躁憤，自毀功庸，入此檻車，還為鄧艾，深可痛惜，誰肯湣之！」 Why then let rash anger destroy everything you had won, and end in this cage like Deng Ai of old? It is a bitter waste. Who could pity you now?"

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 33Volume 33: Book of Shu 3: Biography of the Later Lord · 14 passages

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秋八月，維為魏大將軍鄧艾所破於上邽。 That eighth month Deng Ai, grand general of Wei, defeated him at Shanggui.

是歲，姜維復率眾出侯和，為鄧艾所破，還住沓中。 The same year Jiang Wei tried another sortie at Hehe; Deng Ai broke him, and he fell back to garrison Tazhong.

六年夏，魏大興徒從眾，命征西將軍鄧艾、鎮西將軍鍾會、雍州剌史諸葛緒數道並攻。 That summer of 263 Wei mobilized a huge host and ordered Deng Ai, Zhong Hui, and Yongzhou inspector Zhuge Xu to advance on several columns.

冬，鄧艾破衛將軍諸葛瞻於綿竹。 That winter Deng Ai shattered Zhuge Zhan, guard general, at Mianzhu.

用光祿大夫譙周策，降於艾，奉書曰： On the advice of Qiao Zhou, grandee of the imperial household, he capitulated to Deng Ai and sent this letter:

紹、良與艾相遇於雒縣。 Zhang Shao and Deng Liang met Deng Ai at Luo county.

艾得書，大喜，即報書， Deng Ai read the letter with delight and at once drafted a reply.

〈王隱《蜀記》曰：艾報書云：「王綱失道，群英並起，龍戰虎爭，終歸真主，此蓋天命去就之道也。〈Wang Yin's Records of Shu preserve Deng Ai's answer: "When the imperial order falters, heroes rise like spring weeds; dragon and tiger wrestle until the true sovereign wins—that is simply heaven handing the mandate from one house to another.