Xun Chen

Xun Chen
Adviser of Yuan Shao
Born	(Unknown)
Died	(Unknown)
Names
Traditional Chinese	荀諶
Simplified Chinese	荀谌
Pinyin	Xún Chén
Wade–Giles	Hsün Ch'en
Courtesy name	Wenruo (Chinese: 友若; pinyin: Yǒuruò; Wade–Giles: Yu-jo)

Xun Chen, courtesy name Youruo, was an official who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. Born in the influential Xun family of Yingchuan Commandery (around present-day Xuchang, Henan), he was the fourth brother of Xun Yu and a second cousin-nephew of Xun You. He initially served as an adviser to the warlord Han Fu and later to another warlord, Yuan Shao.

Xun Chen's ancestral home was in Yingyin County (潁陰縣), Yingchuan Commandery (穎川郡), which is in present-day Xuchang, Henan. He was born in the influential Xun family as the fourth son of Xun Gun (荀緄), who served as the Chancellor (相) of the Jinan State (濟南國) under the Han government.

Xun Chen served as an adviser to the warlord Han Fu, who was the Governor (牧) of Ji Province. In 191, the warlord Yuan Shao, acting on advice from Pang Ji, secretly contacted another warlord Gongsun Zan to form an alliance to attack Ji Province and agreed to divide Han Fu's territories between them. Gongsun Zan then attacked Han Fu and defeated him in battle. Yuan Shao then sent his nephew Gao Gan to meet Han Fu's close aides, including Xin Ping, Xun Chen and Guo Tu, to persuade Han Fu to hand over Ji Province to him to prevent the province from falling into Gongsun Zan's hands. Xun Chen and the others successfully convinced Han Fu to cede control of Ji Province to Yuan Shao, by assuring him that Ji Province would be better in Yuan Shao's hands and that Han Fu himself would remain safe after giving up his governorship. Xun Chen, along with other former subordinates of Han Fu, then joined Yuan Shao and became one of his advisers.

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