Cao Pi appointed Jia Xu as Taiwei, why was he ridiculed by Sun Quan?

Jia Xu was a superb resourceful man during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. Chen Shou's evaluation of him is: he has no leftover strategies and can adapt to contingency, and he is the best among the best (talents like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping). However, for someone as talented as Jia Xu, who was appointed Taiwei by Cao Pi, why was he ridiculed by Sun Quan? According to Pei Songzhi's annotation of "Three Kingdoms" citing "Xun Xu's Farewell Biography": Jin Situ Que (tong "que"), Emperor Wu (Sima Yan) asked about his person Yu Xu (Xun Yu's grand nephew). The answer was: "The Three Dukes have come to see where they want to go, and they cannot be judged by others. In the past, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty used Jia Xu as the Three Dukes (Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong were the Three Dukes), and Sun Quan laughed at it.

As for why Sun Quan wanted to Let's take a look at Pei Songzhi's point of view first. Chen Shou combined Jia Xu, Xun Yu and Xun You into one biography, and commented: Xun Yu was handsome and elegant, with the style of Wang Zuo, but he failed to show his wisdom. Zhiye. Xun You and Jia Xu have almost no plans, and they have made contingency plans. However, Pei Songzhi had some objections to Chen Shou combining the three of them into one biography.

Pei Songzhi commented: The minister (Pei) Songzhi regards the body of the biography as follows. Zhang Zifang (Zhang Liang), a scholar of Qingyun, is not the kind of person Chen Ping is. * column, there is nothing left to attach, so it is appropriate to combine the previous history and cover it. It's like that. It's like a night light and a steaming candle! Although the light is the same, the quality is different. Today, Xun and Jia use the same name, which is particularly inappropriate.

Pei Songzhi means that although Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are called together, they are very different in person. Since there were fewer counselors in the early Han Dynasty, they were called together. However, Cao Wei and other counselors like Jia Xu were called together. However, there are many who do not combine Jia Xu with Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, etc.; but combine Jia Xu with Xun Yu and Xun You, which is a wrong classification. Moreover, Xun You and Jia Xu are like moonlight and candlelight. Although they can all illuminate, their textures are very different.

Pei Songzhi classified Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu into the category of Chen Ping (intelligent people); while he regarded Xun Yu and Xun You as the category of Zhang Liang. According to "Historical Records: The Family of Prime Minister Chen", Chen Ping said: "I have many conspiracies, which is forbidden by Taoism. My world is over, it is over, and it will never come back again, because I have many evil misfortunes. "However, his great-grandson Chen Zhang (son-in-law of Wei Qing) wanted to renew the title of Chen family because he was a relative of the Wei family, but he was unable to do so.

In other words, Chen Ping thought that he had done too many things. The conspiracy has accumulated evil, and the descendants will not be prosperous because of it. The ancients emphasized "ruling the country with justice" and Gantang's love, and the Three Dukes are the most respected officials in the court, and their virtues should set an example for the world. He was a scholar and was appointed as Taiwei by Cao Pi, so he was laughed at by Sun Quan (meaning that Cao Pi emphasized deception instead of virtue and deviated from the right way of governing the country).