Chen Qun
| Chen Qun | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Cao Wei | |
| Born | (Unknown) |
| Died | 236 |
| Names | |
| Traditional Chinese | 陳群 |
| Simplified Chinese | 陈群 |
| Pinyin | Chén Qún |
| Wade–Giles | Ch'en Ch'ün |
| Courtesy name | Changwen (traditional Chinese: 長文; simplified Chinese: 长文; pinyin: Chángwén; Wade–Giles: Ch'ang-wen) |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Jing (Chinese: 靖侯; pinyin: Jìng Hóu; Wade–Giles: Ching Hou) |
Chen Qun (died 236),courtesy name Changwen, was a minister of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. Chen Qun initiated the Nine-rank system for civil service nomination in Wei. Following the death of the first Wei ruler Cao Pi, Chen Qun became the Guardian of Wei's military forces. Chen Qun, Sima Yi and Cao Zhen nominated Cao Pi's son, Cao Rui, to become the new emperor.
Chen Qun was born into a prestigious family. His grandfather, father and uncle are renowned. As a child, Chen Qun's talents were recognised by Kong Rong, who was also friends with his father, Chen Ji.
In the days when Liu Bei was inspector of his hometown, Chen Qun came to be selected into Liu Bei's service. Chen Qun tried to dissuade Liu Bei from succeeding to Tao Qian's territory following Tao's death in 194; saying that since Xu Province was aimed at by Yuan Shu to the south, and by Lü Bu to the east, therefore holding Xu province would invite disaster. Shortly thereafter, Liu Bei regretted not following this advice when he lost Xu Province to Lu Bu.
In 198, after Cao Cao had defeated Lü Bu and conquered his territory, he welcomed the surrender of Chen Qun and his father, Chen Ji, both of whom had previously been serving Lü Bu.
Chen Qun made accusations against Guo Jia on a number of occasions, on the grounds of Guo Jia's unbridled ways. Although Cao Cao was pleased to see that Chen Qun upheld his principles, Cao Cao did not take action against Guo Jia, since Guo's advice was crucial to Cao's gaining military supremacy.
Upon the establishment of the state of Cao Wei in 216, Chen Qun was asked for his opinion about the possible reestablishment of the practice of corporal punishment within Wei, since Cao Cao knew that Chen Qun's late father, Chen Ji, had supported capital punishment, as he found it to be more humane than mutilation. Chen Qun was in favor of mutilation, because he found it to provide more flexibility in the application of justice, since it was more lenient than the death penalty and yet less lenient than flogging. Zhong Yao also held this view, however Wang Lang and others objected to it and the practice of corporal punishment was not reestablished.
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