Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Xi Wen 习温

Attested AD 239 - AD 280

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xi Wen was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 239 to AD 280 祕过辞於温
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 72, 74, 76

Career and standing

Great impartial selector of Jing Province 荆州大公平
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 72

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 72
At Xiangyang 襄阳
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 72

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Pan Mi (潘祕)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 75

Events and relationships

Relation Predicted successor role for · Person Pan Mi (潘祕)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 75

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 61Volume 61: Book of Wu 16: Biographies of Pan Jun and Lu Kai · 4 passages

《襄阳记》曰：襄阳习温为荆州大公平。 The Xiangyang ji notes that Xi Wen of Xiangyang served as the great impartial selector for Jing Province.

祕过辞於温，问曰：「先君昔曰君侯当为州里议主，今果如其言，不审州里谁当复相代者？」 Pan Mi called on Xi Wen to bid farewell and asked, "My father once predicted you would become the province's chief arbiter, and he was right—who do you think should succeed you in that role?"

温曰：「无过於君也。」 No one is better suited than yourself," Xi Wen replied.

后祕为尚书僕射，代温为公平，甚得州里之誉。〉 Pan Mi later rose to vice director of the secretariat, succeeded Xi Wen as impartial selector, and won wide acclaim across the province.