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The Book of the Later Han says that when Li Jue and Guo Si fought each other, Guo Si held him as a hostage, and Zhu Jun, who was strict by nature, fell ill and died that same day.[^wikidata][^zhengshi]", "status": "published", "categories": [ "category-history", "category-people", "category-historical-figures" ], "tags": [ "tag-ancient-china" ], "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata Q1146661", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1146661" }, { "id": "zhwiki", "title": "朱儁（维基百科）", "url": "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E5%84%81" }, { "id": "zhengshi", "title": "后汉书·卷71（维基文库）", "url": "https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%BE%8C%E6%BC%A2%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B771" } ], "createdAt": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+08:00", "updatedAt": "2026-10-29T17:23:28+08:00", "updatedBy": "user:admin", "revision": 7, "body": "Zhu Jun was a general at the end of the Eastern Han. The Book of the Later Han says his courtesy name was Gongwei and that he came from Shangyu in Kuaiji, and Wikidata's Chinese label is also 朱儁, with variant forms such as 朱雋, so the title stays his personal name. This entry records his life as 149 to 195.[^wikidata][^zhengshi]\n\n## Early life\n\nThe Book of the Later Han says he lost his father young and his mother made her living selling silk. He became known for filial care, served as a gatekeeper clerk in the county, and was fond of justice and careless of money, which won him respect in his village. A man of the same commandery, Zhou Gui, was summoned to a ministry and borrowed a million cash from the commandery treasury to buy his cap and robes. When the commandery suddenly demanded repayment, Zhou Gui's family was too poor to pay, and Zhu Jun secretly took his mother's silk to settle the debt. His mother lost her stock and was angry with him. He said a small loss would bring a larger gain and that poor first and rich afterward was only natural. The county magistrate Du Shang saw him and thought him remarkable, and recommended him to the grand administrator Wei Yi, so that he rose in commandery posts, and the later grand administrator Yin Duan made him chief clerk. In the second year of Xiping Yin Duan failed in a campaign against Xu Zhao, was denounced by the province and was liable to execution. Zhu Jun, in worn clothes and quietly, took several hundred gold pieces to the capital, bribed the clerks in charge of memorials, and had the province's memorial altered, so that Yin Duan was only sentenced to labor. Yin Duan was glad to be let off without knowing why, and Zhu Jun never said anything.[^zhengshi]\n\n## Pacifying Jiaozhi\n\nThe next grand administrator, Xu Gui, recommended him as filial and incorrupt, and he served twice as magistrate of Lanling with unusual ability. When bandits rose together in Jiaozhi and the governors were too weak to stop them, Liang Long and more than ten thousand others joined the grand administrator of Nanhai, Kong Zhi, in revolt and broke commanderies and counties. In the first year of Guanghe Zhu Jun was made inspector of Jiaozhi, told to gather household troops and levies as he passed his own commandery, and set out with five thousand men in two columns. At the border of the province he halted, sent envoys ahead to see how strong the rebels were and to spread the court's authority and shake their morale, and then advanced on them together with troops from seven commanderies. He cut down Liang Long, tens of thousands surrendered, and everything was settled within a month. For this he was made Marquis of Duting Pavilion with fifteen hundred households, given fifty jin of gold, and called to court as palace counselor.[^zhengshi]\n\n## The Yellow Turban rebellion\n\nWhen the Yellow Turbans rose, many ministers recommended Zhu Jun for his ability. He was made general of the household of the right, given credentials, and with Huangfu Song, general of the household of the left, he attacked the rebels in Yingchuan, Runan and Chen and defeated them all. Huangfu Song reported this and gave the credit to Zhu Jun, who was advanced to Marquis of Xixiang and made general of the household who suppresses bandits.[^zhengshi]\n\nMeanwhile in Nanyang the Yellow Turban Zhang Mancheng had risen with tens of thousands and killed the grand administrator, then camped before Wancheng for over a hundred days. After the grand administrator Qin Jie killed him, the rebels chose Zhao Hong as leader, grew to over a hundred thousand and held Wancheng. Zhu Jun joined the inspector of Jing, Xu Qiu, and Qin Jie with a total of eighteen thousand men and besieged Zhao Hong from the sixth to the eighth month without success. Officials asked to recall him, but the minister of works Zhang Wen argued that changing generals in the field is a taboo of the military art and that Zhu Jun should be given time. Emperor Ling dropped the plan. Zhu Jun pressed the attack and killed Zhao Hong, but the remaining leader Han Zhong again held Wancheng against him. With few troops, he extended the siege, built camps and a mound overlooking the city, and made a show of attacking the southwest with drums, so that the rebels all rushed there while he led five thousand picked men to take the northeast and climb into the city. Han Zhong withdrew into the small city and begged to surrender. His deputy Zhang Chao, Xu Qiu and Qin Jie all wanted to accept, but Zhu Jun said that now the realm is united and only the Yellow Turbans make trouble, so accepting surrender would not encourage good and attacking would punish evil, and that accepting it would only teach the rebels to fight when they were winning and surrender when they were not. He pressed the attack and several battles failed. He then climbed the mound, looked, and said to Zhang Chao that the rebels were tightly ringed outside and crowded inside, with surrender refused and no way out, so they fought to the death, and that even ten thousand of one mind are hard to resist, let alone a hundred thousand. He proposed lifting the siege and entering the city together, so that Han Zhong would come out and, once out, lose heart. After the siege was lifted Han Zhong did sally out, and Zhu Jun broke him and pursued him tens of li, killing over ten thousand, and Han Zhong surrendered. Qin Jie, long resentful, killed him, and the rest, fearing for themselves, chose Sun Xia as leader and again took Wancheng. Zhu Jun attacked at once, Sun Xia fled, and he chased and defeated him again at Mount Jing in Xi'e, killing another ten thousand or so, and the rebels scattered.[^zhengshi]\n\n## After the rebellion and under Dong Zhuo\n\nThe record says that the next spring an envoy with credentials made Zhu Jun general of chariots and cavalry of the right, and when his army returned to the capital he was made grand master of the palace, had five thousand more households added, and was made Marquis of Qiantang, with the rank of special advance. After leaving office for his mother's mourning, he returned to be director of the imperial workshops and then moved to minister of the privy treasury and minister of the imperial stud. When Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain bandits pressed Henei and threatened the capital, Zhu Jun was sent out as grand administrator of Henei and drove him back with his household troops. He later became grand master of the palace, colonel of the mounted guard, then colonel of the city gates and governor of Henan. When Dong Zhuo held power, he welcomed the veteran general on the surface but feared him in his heart. As the eastern armies grew strong and Dong Zhuo grew afraid, he repeatedly called the ministers to discuss moving the capital to Chang'an, and Zhu Jun each time argued against it. Dong Zhuo disliked this but wanted his famous name and had him named minister of the imperial stud as his deputy. Zhu Jun refused to accept and told the envoy that moving west would disappoint the realm and cause trouble in the east, and that being deputy to the chancellor was beyond his ability and moving the capital was not an urgent matter.[^zhengshi]\n\nAfter Dong Zhuo entered the pass he left Zhu Jun to guard Luoyang, while Zhu Jun secretly allied with the generals east of the mountains, then fled to Jingzhou for fear of attack. When Dong Zhuo put Yang Yi in charge of Henan, Zhu Jun marched back and drove him off, but with Henan ruined he camped at Zhongmou and sent letters asking for troops. The Xu inspector Tao Qian sent three thousand elite troops, and other prefectures sent some help, and Tao Qian recommended him as acting general of chariots and cavalry. Dong Zhuo sent Li Jue and Guo Si with tens of thousands to hold Henan, and Zhu Jun was defeated and did not dare advance again. After Dong Zhuo was killed and Li Jue and Guo Si made trouble, Tao Qian and others recommended Zhu Jun as grand tutor and called on governors to attack Li Jue and welcome the emperor, but Li Jue, following the advice of Zhou Zhong and Jia Xu, summoned Zhu Jun to court. His officers feared entering the pass and wanted to answer Tao Qian, but Zhu Jun said that when a ruler summons you, you do not wait for the carriage, let alone for the emperor's edict, and that Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou were petty and mediocre men of equal strength who would surely fall out, giving him a chance. He declined Tao Qian's plan, answered Li Jue's call and again became minister of the imperial stud.[^zhengshi]\n\n## Later years and death\n\nIn the fourth year of Chuping he succeeded Zhou Zhong as grand commandant and recorded the affairs of the secretariat. The next autumn he was dismissed over a solar eclipse and then acted as general of agile cavalry with credentials to guard the east of the pass. Before he set out Li Jue killed Fan Chou, Guo Si grew suspicious and attacked Li Jue, and Chang'an fell into disorder, so he did not go and was left as minister of agriculture. Emperor Xian ordered Zhu Jun and about ten others, including the grand commandant Yang Biao, to persuade Guo Si to make peace with Li Jue. Guo Si refused and held Zhu Jun and the others as hostages. Zhu Jun, always strict and unbending, fell ill that same day and died. 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