Huan Jie

Huan Jie
Official of Cao Wei
Born	(Unknown)
Died	(Unknown)
Names
Traditional Chinese	桓階
Simplified Chinese	桓阶
Pinyin	Huán Jiē
Wade–Giles	Huan Chieh
Courtesy name	Boxu (traditional Chinese: 伯緒; simplified Chinese: 伯绪; Wade–Giles: Po-hsü)
Posthumous name	Marquis Zhen (traditional Chinese: 貞侯; simplified Chinese: 贞侯; Wade–Giles: Chen Hou)

Huan Jie (birth and death dates unknown), courtesy name Boxu, was a government official who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and who later came to serve in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.

Huan Jie was from Changsha Commandery. He served under the warlords Sun Jian, Zhang Xian (張羨), Liu Biao, and Cao Cao.

He formerly served under Sun Jian and acted as an envoy when the hostage Huang Zu was exchanged for the return of the corpse of Sun Jian. Huan Jie was later invited to serve under Cao Cao, where he became the best of Xiahou Shang in Cao's court. Huan Jie was a strong ally of Meng Da. Huan Jie was instrumental in helping Cao Pi become emperor.

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