Si Fan: Therefore, it is difficult for officials to do anything, and in the blink of an eye, they become empty

The four provinces have heard of many old officials, and several people weep in front of the monument. The opening paragraph still reminds everyone to pay attention to protection when traveling on weekends. The Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty left many classic deeds worth recalling, as well as diet, clothing, economy and other aspects worth paying attention to. This article will talk about Si Fan.

In fact, there are only a few records about Si Fan, and they still appear as background figures in the deeds of others. Si Fan had some connections with Huan Fan, he was a former official recommended by Huan Fan, and his name appeared in the history books during the Gaopingling Rebellion, when he served as a "door waiter". In the Later Han Shu Hundred Officials Chronicle, each city gate set up a gate to wait for one person, and they saw that the city gate lieutenant had the right to hold the board and not worship, and as for the "city gate lieutenant", he was in charge of many city gates in a city.

"Waiting for the door to see the lieutenant, holding the board and not worshiping" - Commentary on the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Hundred Officials Chronicle

"One lieutenant at the city gate, more than two thousand stones." This note: The Twelve Gates of The Palm Luoyang City Gate" - Book of the Later Han Dynasty

In the first ten years (249), when Huan Fan served as the Grand Si Nong, Cao Shuang and others went with Cao Fang to visit Gao Pingling, and Sima Yi also took advantage of this opportunity to launch the Gaoping Tomb Rebellion. Sima Yixing closed the gates of the city and planned to let Huan Fan take over the forbidden army, but Huan Fan, persuaded by his son, finally decided to go out of the city to find Cao Fang, even if the subordinates of The Great Sinong persuaded him together, it did not make him change his mind.

"and king Xuan raised an army, closed the gates of the city, and took Fan as a matter of knowledge, but commanded him, and wanted to lead the army in the collar." Fan wanted to answer the call, and his son Zhizhi, driving outside with a car, was better off going south"—Commentary on the Biography of Cao Shuang of the Three Kingdoms

Since Sima Yi ordered the city gate to be blocked, the city gate was already closed when Huan Fan rushed to the Pyeongchang city gate, and it was Si Fan who was responsible for guarding the Pyeongchang city gate at that time, and Huan Fan may have considered the obstacles to the advance before the action, so he chose the city gate guarded by Si Fan, who had a relationship with him. Huan Fan asked Si Fan to open the city gate on the grounds that Cao Fang had summoned him with an edict, and he also gestured with the wat in his hand, urging Si Fan to quickly open the city gate for himself.

"The door is waiting for Si Fan, so Fan Juju is also a bureaucrat, Fan Huzhi, and raises the version in his hand to show it, and corrects it: 'There is an edict calling me, and the secretary urges the opening of the door!' —— Commentary on the Biography of Cao Shuang of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Si Fan originally wanted to see if the content of the edict was consistent with what Huan Fan had said, but was reprimanded by Huan Fan, who asked, "Are you still not my old official, where is the courage?" Because Huan Fan had the grace to recommend him, Si Fan still opened the city gate and let him go. After Huan Fan left the city, he bluntly said that Sima Yi was plotting rebellion and wanted Si Fan to go with him, but Si Fan did not leave, but only gave way. Afterwards, Si Fan turned himself in to Da Hongxu and repeated Huan Fan's remarks, and Sima Yi said that this was a slander against him, and eventually took Si Fan into prison.

"Fan Xiang wanted to see the edict, Fan Hezhi, and said, 'Qing Qing is not my old official, how dare he?' Nai Kaizhi" - Commentary on the Biography of Cao Shuang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

"Fan went out of the city, Gu Zhifan said: 'Taifu Tu rebellion, Qing from me!' The disciples could not reach it, so they avoided the side"——Commentary on the Biography of Cao Shuang of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

If there is any omission, we hope to correct it.