Gongye Jin

**Gongye Jin** (c. 182–241), courtesy name **Jiming** was a statesman politician and military strategist, who served as the chancellor of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. Gongye Jin is recognized as the one of most accomplished strategist of his era, His reputation as an intelligent and learned scholar grew even while he was living in relative seclusion, earning him the name **Raging Tiger**. Gongye Jin was is regarded as one of Three Great Military Strategist along with Hou Teng and Zhuge Liang.

Gongye Jin was recommended to enters service under Sun Jian by Sun Jian's son and heir apparent Sun Quan as a talent and play several important roles under Sun Jian where he devises a long-term strategy along with Lu Su for Sun Jian to emerge as one of three major contending powers in China – a plan similar to Zhuge Liang's Longzhong Plan, which was proposed about seven years later. and he was one of the first peoples to persuade Sun Jian to ally with Liu Bei against Cao Cao which Sun Jian score a decisive victory, Cao Cao at the Battle of the Red Cliffs and played a key role in maintaining the Sun-Liu Alliance and during the Sun–Liu territorial dispute over Jing Province.

## Early Life

Gongye Jin was born in 182 in Yuhang County (餘杭縣), Wu Commandery, which is present-day Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. His father Gongye Yuan serves as a General of the Han Dynasty. While living in seclusion Gongye Jin was well known in his hometown and developed close friendships with various scholar.

## Service under Sun Jian

Sun Jian immediately summoned Gongye Jin and Lu Su to meet him, and was pleased to see both Gongye Jin and Lu Su When the other guests were leaving after the meeting, Gongye Jin and Lu Su also took his leave but Sun Jian called them back. They shared a table and had a private conversation over drinks.

### Battle of The Red Cliff

When Liu Biao died in 208, his younger son Liu Cong succeeded him as the Governor of Jing Province (covering present-day Hubei and Hunan). Upon receiving news of Liu Biao's death.

## Service under Sun Quan

Shortly after Sun Jian's victory at the Battle of Xiaoting. Sun Jian return to Jianye and became seriously ill and summon Gongye Jin entrusted him to aid Sun Quan in stabilising the empire.

### Repelling Wei Invasion

#### Battle of Guangling

Cao Ang ordered a series of invasions of Wu between 222 and 224, but each invasion ultimately ended in failure. In late 224, Cao Ang mobilised over 100,000 troops from throughout Wei and ordered them to assemble at Guangling Commandery (廣陵郡; around present-day Huai'an, Jiangsu) in preparation for a massive invasion of the Wu capital, Jianye (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu).

#### Battle of Shiting

In 228 Gongye Jin ordered Zhou Fang to lay a trap for the Wei general Cao Xiu by pretending to defect to Wei. Cao Xiu was deceived into leading his troops straight into Wan (皖; present-day Qianshan County, Anhui) set camp there when Cao Xiu would be left isolated and surrounded as the surrounding area were steep.

## Death

Gongye Jin launches another campaign against Wei of his reign, in light of Cao Pi's death in 240 Straining his energy on military matters big and small, Gongye Jin fell seriously ill and eventually died in camp at the age of 61. Before his death, Gongye Jin recommended Gu Yong and Bu Zhi to succeed him as chancellor of Wu. He was buried Purple Mountain according to his dying wish and posthumously granted the title "Marquis Zhongwu" (忠武侯; literally "loyal and martial marquis") by Sun Quan.

## Family

Gongye Jin's father Gongye Yuan was a general of Han Dynasty. Gongye Jin had a son name Gongye Zan