| NAME | |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 桓彝, 桓彝, Huán Yí |
| Nickname | Courtesy Gongchang (公长); Wu minister martyred in 258 AD |
| Other name | Hoan Di |
| Courtesy name | 公长, 公長, Gōng Zhǎng, Gong Zhang, tự Công Trường |
| INFORMATION | |
| Birth Place | Unknown |
| Died | 258 |
| Death Reason | Killed by Sun Chen for denouncing the deposition of Emperor Sun Liang (258 AD) |
| CAREER | |
| Allegiance | Eastern Wu |
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Biography & Historical Record
Huan Yi (桓彝, Hoan Di), courtesy name Gongchang (公长, tự Công Trường), is catalogued as an Eastern Wu official who appears in the novel’s late Wu court during Sun Chen‘s (孙綝) tyrannical regency. Diaochan.xyz and ROTK character indices list him as a Wu minister killed in 258 AD when Sun Chen purged opponents — the same political crisis that ends with Sun Chen’s own execution by Sun Xiu (孙休) and Ding Feng (丁奉) in Chapter 113.
Note on names: Some ROTK editions name the Chapter 113 minister who denounces Sun Chen as Shangshu Huan Yi (尚书桓懿) with a different final character (懿). Diaochan catalogs this figure as Huan Yi (桓彝), styled Gongchang. The scene is the same: a Wu minister who refuses Sun Chen’s order to depose Emperor Sun Liang and is slain for his defiance — a martyr of Wu’s dying inner-court integrity.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Chapter 113 (Ding Feng’s Stratagem Executes Sun Chen; Jiang Wei’s Formation Defeats Deng Ai): After Sun Chen crushes Emperor Sun Liang’s plot against him, he summons the court and declares the Emperor unfit to rule. Most officials submit in fear. A minister — catalogued as Huan Yi (桓彝), styled Gongchang — steps forward and denounces Sun Chen: “The present Emperor is an intelligent sovereign — how dare you speak such rebellious words! I would rather die than obey a traitorous minister!” Sun Chen draws his sword and kills him on the spot, then enters to bully Sun Liang before deposing him in favor of Sun Xiu. Huan Yi’s death exemplifies the last loyal voices silenced before Sun Chen’s own fall.
Huan Yi (桓彝) — Historical & Literary Timeline
Wu court service
Eastern Wu official
Catalogued as a Wu minister, styled Gongchang (公长); served during the regency crises of the late 250s AD.
258 AD
Sun Chen’s purge
Killed when Sun Chen deposes Emperor Sun Liang — listed in Diaochan catalogs as dying in Sun Chen’s 258 AD purge.
Chapter 113
Denounces Sun Chen
Refuses to obey Sun Chen’s order to depose the Emperor; declares he would rather die than follow a traitor — and is immediately slain.
Chapter 113 aftermath
Sun Chen’s fall
Huan Yi’s martyrdom precedes Sun Chen’s own execution by Sun Xiu and Ding Feng in the same chapter arc.
For detailed historical records, archives, and official chronicles, explore Huan Yi on Wikipedia.
Key Relationships
Family
- No family recorded in the novel passage or standard catalogs.
Friends
- Sun Liang (孙亮): Young Wu Emperor whom Huan Yi defends against Sun Chen’s deposition.
- Loyal Wu ministers: Officials who, like Huan Yi, refuse Sun Chen’s usurpation — most submit in fear.
Enemies
- Sun Chen (孙綝, Tôn Thố): Wu regent who kills Huan Yi for denouncing the deposition of Sun Liang.
Other
- Sun Xiu (孙休, Tôn Tu): Successor Emperor who later executes Sun Chen with Ding Feng’s help.
- Ding Feng (丁奉, Đinh Phung): Wu veteran who kills Sun Chen in Chapter 113’s climactic coup.
- Quan Ji (全纪) and Quan Shang (全尚): Imperial in-laws whose failed plot triggers Sun Chen’s purge — background to Huan Yi’s death.
In Novel
Chapter 113
- Huan Yi (桓彝, Hoan Di): Wu minister who denounces Sun Chen when he orders the court to depose Emperor Sun Liang — "The present Emperor is an intelligent sovereign; I would rather die than obey a traitorous minister!"
- Huan Yi (桓彝, Hoan Di): Slain on the spot when Sun Chen draws his sword — a martyr of Wu's inner-court integrity before Sun Chen's own execution in the same chapter.
In History
Summary
- Huan Yi (桓彝, Hoan Di), styled Gongchang, is catalogued as an Eastern Wu official killed in Sun Chen's 258 AD purge.
Year: 258 AD
- Listed as killed by Sun Chen during the deposition of Sun Liang — aligned with the Chapter 113 court crisis.
Historical Record
- Three Kingdoms-period catalogs list him as a Wu politician; the novel's Chapter 113 denunciation scene matches the catalog tradition.
- Do not confuse with the Jin-dynasty Huan Yi (桓彝, 266–312 AD), father of Huan Wen — a different person and era.
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