| NAME | |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 贾混, 賈混, Jiǎ Hùn |
| Nickname | Yongping marquis; upright younger son of Jia Kui |
| Other name | Giả Hỗn |
| INFORMATION | |
| Birth Place | Xiangling, Hedong (河东襄陵; Hà Đông Tương Lăng) |
| Death Reason | Not recorded in standard chronicles |
| FAMILY | |
| Father | |
| Children | |
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| CAREER | |
| Allegiance | Cao Wei; Western Jin |
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Biography & Historical Record
Jia Hun (贾混, Giả Hỗn) was the younger son of Jia Kui (贾逵, Giả Quỳ), styled Liangdao (梁道, Lương Đạo), the stern Wei governor remembered for loyalty and law, and the younger brother of Jia Chong (贾充, Giả Sung), the powerful minister who shaped the Sima takeover and the Jin founding. Where Jia Chong’s career mixed factional ambition with statecraft, later tradition contrasts Jia Hun as gentle, upright, and fair in judgment. He served Cao Wei and then Western Jin as Left Vice Director of the Imperial Secretariat (尚书左仆射, Thượng thư tả bộc dịch) and was enfeoffed Marquis of Yongping (永平侯). His sons Jia Yi (贾彝) and Jia Zun (贾遵) continued the line. Empress Jia Nanfeng (贾南风), Jia Chong’s daughter, was Jia Hun’s niece — a tie that throws his moral reputation into sharper relief against the empress’s later tyranny.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Not named in ROTK: Jia Kui and Jia Chong appear in Wei–Jin transition material at the novel’s late margins; Jia Hun is a Western Jin official outside Luo Guanzhong’s main narrative frame.
Jia Hun (贾混) — Historical & Literary Timeline
Birth in Jia clan
Younger son of Jia Kui; younger brother of Jia Chong in the powerful Yingchuan Jia house.
Secretariat service in Western Jin
Serves as Left Vice Director of the Secretariat with a reputation for judicial fairness and moral rectitude.
Marquis of Yongping
Enfeoffed Yongping marquis; sons Jia Yi and Jia Zun carry the line forward.
Family context: Jia Kui on Wikipedia.
Key Relationships
Family
- Father Jia Kui (贾逵, Giả Quỳ): Wei loyalist governor whose stern reputation frames both sons.
- Brother Jia Chong (贾充, Giả Sung): elder brother, Jin founding minister and father of Empress Jia Nanfeng.
- Sons Jia Yi (贾彝, Giả Di) and Jia Zun (贾遵, Giả Tuân): attested heirs.
- Niece Empress Jia Nanfeng (贾南风, Giả Nam Phong): Jia Chong’s daughter — later infamous empress.
Friends
- Western Jin secretariat colleagues who valued his upright temperament — individual names sparse in brief notices.
- Scholars and officials who contrasted Jia Hun’s fairness with his brother’s factional style.
Enemies
- No personal enemies recorded — avoided the violent court struggles that consumed later Jin factions.
Other
- Sima Yi (司马懿, Tư Mã Ý) and the Sima house: Jia Chong served the takeover Jia Hun lived through as a younger-generation official.
- Yingchuan Jia clan networks across Wei and Jin — Jia Hun as the upright branch of a powerful family.
In Novel
Not named in ROTK
- Jia Hun (贾混, Giả Hỗn): The novel's late Wei chapters touch Jia Kui (贾逵, Giả Quỳ) and Jia Chong (贾充, Giả Sung) in the Sima-era transition; Jia Hun belongs to the Western Jin generation after Luo Guanzhong's main narrative closes. Historical notices praise his gentle conduct and secretariat service — no ROTK chapter assigns him dialogue or action.
In History
Summary
- Jia Hun (贾混, Giả Hỗn), younger son of Jia Kui, brother of Jia Chong; Western Jin Left Vice Director of the Secretariat; Marquis of Yongping; noted for integrity.
Year: c. 275 AD
- Administrative leadership in the Secretariat during early Western Jin.
Historical Record
- Jin Shu and Jia family notices — contrast with Jia Chong's factional career.
- Pei-era Wei materials on Jia Kui's household and successor sons.
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