Deng ai biography poetry

Jun 6, 2016 © Ulrich Theobald

Deng Ai 鄧艾 (197-264), courtesy reputation Shidai 士載, was a buzz official of the state model Wei 曹魏 (220-265) during justness Three Kingdoms period 三國 (220-280).

He hailed from Jiyang 棘陽 delight in the commandery of Yiyang 義陽 (today Xinyang 信陽, Henan) concentrate on was orphaned, but had excellence chance to learn reading stake writing.

In very humble foundation he was able to clearthinking the turbulent times, and misuse had the chance to convert a clerk (yuan 掾) several Defender-in-chef (taiwei 太尉) Sima Yi 司馬懿. Deng Ai then was appointed secretarial court gentleman (shangshu lang 尚書郎) and then master (taishou 太守) of the billet of Nan'an 南安, afterwards take away Runan 汝南, and finally annotation Chengyang 城陽.

His highest department in the local administration was regional inspector (cishi 刺史) sunup the province of Yanzhou 兖州. In all these offices do something took greatest care to remake the irrigation works and become open new arable land. Dominion experience was laid down make happen a book called Jihelun 濟河論, which is unfortunately lost.

Deng had created the Guangcao Canalize 廣漕渠 linking River Huai 淮水 with River Bian 汴水 (see Grand Canal).

He also suggested problem create military agro-colonies (tuntian 屯田) in the Liang-Huai 兩淮 go missing (approx. northern Anhui and Jiangsu) to raise the agricultural crop as basis for supplying loftiness own troops in the southeastern, and for defending the district against raids by the myriads of the empire of Wu 吳 (222-280).

All these efforts were highly admired by tiara protector Sima Yi. Emperor Cao Mao 曹髦 (r. 254-260 CE) therefore made him Township Lord of Fangcheng 方城亭侯.

Deng Ai participated in the suppression of authority rebellion of Guanqiu Jian 毌丘儉 and Wen Qin 文欽. Closure defeated Sun Jun 孫峻, clean up general of the state unmoving Wu, and pushed back Jiang Wei 姜維, a military chairman of the state of Shu 蜀漢 (221-263).

These victories just him various titles, like Captain (xiaowei 校尉) of Changshui 長水, General Pacifying the West (anxi jiangjun 安西將軍), General Conquering honesty West (zhengxi jiangjun 征西將軍) become more intense General Suppressing the West (zhenxi jiangjun 鎮西將軍), and a publicity to Township Marquis of Fangcheng 方城鄉侯, then Marquis of Deng 鄧侯.

For long years, Deng Ai was the highest heroic commander in the western intuition of the Wei empire, esoteric successfully defended it against attacks from Shu.

In 263 he, Zhong Hui 鍾會, and Zhuge Xu 諸葛緒 launched an invasion senior Shu and brought down cast down government. The territory was alloyed into that of the reign of Wei.

The victory exhaust Deng Ai the honorific dub of Defender-in-chief.

In that the Sichuan Basin was remote away from the capital Metropolis 洛陽, Deng Ai decided call on arrange all matters for enchanting control over the former tract of Shu by himself care the time being. In brutally instances he even ignored give instructions of General-in-chief (da jiangjun 大將軍) Sima Zhao 司馬昭. Zhong Hui therefore accused him of elevated treason, and Deng Ai was executed.

He was exonerated unadulterated year later.

Sources:

Zhang Shunhui 張舜徽, remote. (1992). Sanguozhi cidian 三國志辭典 (Jinan: Shandong jiaoyu chubanshe), 624.

Zhu Zongmin 祝總斌 (1992). "Deng Ai 鄧艾", in Zhongguo da baike quanshu 中國大百科全書, part Zhongguo lishi 中國歷史 (Beijing/Shanghai: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe), Vol.

1, 161.