Guan-qiu Jian; Kuan-ch`iu Chien

Japanese: 毌丘倹 - かんきゅうけん（英語表記）Guan-qiu Jian; Kuan-ch`iu Chien

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[Death] Shogen 2 (255)
A military commander of Wei dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period in China. Guan can also be read as "Bu". He served Emperor Ming, gained his trust, and became governor of Youzhou. He was ordered to pacify the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, and in Jingchu 2 (238), he returned to the region with Sima Yi and destroyed Gongsun Yuan. In Zhengshi 5 (244), he was ordered to attack Goguryeo, defeated the Goguryeo army, and took the capital of the country, Wangdu. He returned the following year and ordered Xuantu prefect Wang Qi to attack Goguryeo again, and Wang Qi's army crossed the present-day Hamhung Plain and reached Jiandao. On his way back, Guan Qiu Jian erected a monument to his achievements at Wangdu, and it is well known that a fragment of the monument was discovered at Banshiling in Ji'an County in the early 20th century. After the death of Emperor Ming, he clashed with the powerful Sima clan over the succession, was defeated, and was assassinated.

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[没]正元2 (255)
中国，三国時代の魏の官人出身の武将。毌は「ぶ」とも読まれる。明帝に仕え，信頼を得て幽州刺史となり，遼東の公孫氏平定を命じられ，景初2（238）年司馬懿とともに再征して公孫淵を滅ぼした。正始5（244）年，高句麗征伐の命を受けて高句麗の軍を破り，国都丸都城を陥れた。翌年再征して玄菟太守王頎（おうき）に命じて再び高句麗を攻めさせ，王頎の軍は今日の咸興平野を越えて間島にいたった。毌丘倹は帰途その紀功碑を丸都の地に建てたが，20世紀初めその断片が輯安県の板石嶺で発見されたのは有名である。明帝の死後，その後継をめぐって権力者司馬氏と対立して敗れ，暗殺された。

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