Huan Jie

Huan Jie
Official of Cao Wei
Born (Unknown)
Died (Unknown)
Names
Traditional Chinese 桓階
Simplified Chinese 桓阶
Pinyin Huán Jiē
Wade–Giles Huan Chieh
Courtesy name Boxu (traditional Chinese: 伯緒; simplified Chinese: 伯绪; Wade–Giles: Po-hsü)
Posthumous name Marquis Zhen (traditional Chinese: 貞侯; simplified Chinese: 贞侯; Wade–Giles: Chen Hou)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huan.

Huan Jie (birth and death dates unknown), courtesy name Boxu, was a government official who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and who later came to serve in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.

Life

Huan Jie was a native of Changsha. He served under the warlords Sun Jian, Zhang Xian (張羨), Liu Biao, and Cao Cao.

He formerly served under Sun Jian and acted as an envoy when the hostage Huang Zu was exchanged for the return of the corpse of Sun Jian. Huan Jie was later invited to serve under Cao Cao, where he became the best of Xiahou Shang in Cao's court. Huan Jie was a strong ally of Meng Da. Huan Jie was instrumental in helping Cao Pi become emperor.

Appointments and titles held

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