Huan Fan (桓范), courtesy name Yuanze, was a chancellor of Cao Wei and a famous writer and painter.
Initially, he compiled the Imperial Records at the Imperial Palace, and later served as Yulin Zuojian, Zhonglingjun, Shangshu, Dongzhong Lang General, Yanzhou Assassin, and Dasi Nong.
During the reign of Cao Fang, the young lord of Cao Wei, Huan Fan was a counselor of the general Cao Shuang, known as a wise man, and was known for his honesty and frugality during his tenure.
Huan Fan and Cao Shuang are fellow countrymen, and Cao Shuang treats him with courtesy, but the relationship between the two is not close.
Cao Shuang and his younger brother Cao Xi often went out to play together, and Huan Fan persuaded: "Your two brothers control the power of the DPRK and China, control the forbidden army, and should not travel together, once the city gate is closed, you will not be able to enter the city." ”
Cao Shuang said without hesitation: "Who dares to do this?" ”
After that, Huan Fan's advice was taken as a side note.
In the first ten years (249 AD), Sima Yi took advantage of the opportunity of Cao Shuang's brothers accompanying Emperor Cao Fang to visit Gao Pingling and launched a coup d'état and closed the gates of Luoyang.
Sima Yi issued a decree in the name of the empress dowager, ordering Huan Fan to be the leader of the army and take over the forbidden army under the leader of the middle army, Cao Xi.
When Huan Fan was about to accept it, his son thought that the emperor was on the side of the Cao brothers at the moment, so he persuaded his father to defect to Cao Shuang.
At that time, his subordinate officials tried their best to dissuade him, but Huan Fan still insisted on leaving and going to GaopingLing.
When Sima Yi learned that Huan Fan had gone to look for Cao Shuang, he sighed and said, "The wisdom tank is going to be there!" ”
Huan Fan found Cao Shuang and Cao Xi and persuaded them to immediately take Emperor Cao Fang to Xuchang and order their subjects in the name of the emperor, which could get the response of many Qin King's troops in the world, enough to compete with Sima Yi, and his own Great Si Nong was sealed, and the grain and grass could also be guaranteed. The brothers Cao Shuang and Cao Xi had been hesitant because Sima Yi had released the news that he had surrendered his military power and chose to surrender to avoid capital punishment, and the title was retained.
After a night of thinking, Cao Shuang, in order to save the family and hope to continue to enjoy a luxurious life, decided to give up his military power and surrender to Sima Yi.
Huan Fan heard the news and cried, "Cao Zi Dan Jiaren, ShengRu Brothers, Calves!" He Tu sat on the Ru and other clans today! ”
——What a heroic figure such as the great general Cao Zhen, how did he give birth to you calves, and did I want to be exterminated with you today?
The Cao brothers were deposed, and Emperor Cao Fang ordered Huan Fan to enter the palace with him.
The imperial court ordered Huan Fan to reinstate him, and Huan Fan expressed his gratitude. While waiting for the edict, an official turned himself in to the imperial court and confessed that Huan Fan had said that Sima Yi had plotted rebellion when he left the city.
Sima Yi was furious and transferred Huan Fan to Tingwei for treason, and cao shuang and others were killed and the three tribes were destroyed.
Huan Fan had a son, Huan Kai, who escaped, continuing huan fan's bloodline.
Huan Wen, a descendant of Huan Kai, served as the Grand Sima during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, because the Huan family belonged to the descendants of sinners, and their descendants tried their best to hide their kinship with their ancestor Huan Fan.
In the first year of Yuan Xing (402), Huan Wen's young son Huan Xuan attacked Jiankang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu), forced Sima Dezong, the Emperor of Jin'an, to take the throne, proclaimed himself emperor of Jin, established the Huanchu Empire, and changed the yuan to the beginning.
Although Huan Xuan was ashamed of his ancestors and successfully avenged himself, in order to maintain the dignity of the family, he still disguised his relationship with Huan Fan.
When sacrificing the family temple, only his father Huan Wen was mentioned, and even his grandfather Huan Yi was never mentioned.