Nie You 聶友

According to the Biography of the Lord of Wu, in the 7th month, in autumn, of the 5th year of Chiwu (242), the general Nie You and the Colonel Lu Kai were sent with 30,000 troops to subdue Zhuya and Dan'er. Records, Wu 2 §97–98

In the 10th month, in winter, of the 1st year of Jianxing (252), Zhuge Ke built a great dyke anew at Dongxing, and when he crushed the Wei army in the 12th month, he came to hold the enemy in contempt and wanted to send out troops again the following spring. The ministers remonstrated with him with one voice, but Zhuge Ke would not listen, and he wrote an essay setting out his intentions to everyone. Records, Wu 19 §28 · 30–31

Nie You, Administrator of Danyang, had always been on good terms with Zhuge Ke. He wrote to remonstrate that the late emperor had originally had a plan to block Dongguan but had not carried it out, and that now Zhuge Ke had fulfilled the former emperor's wish; he ought for the time being to halt the troops, nurture their keen spirit and watch for an opening before moving. He added that Zhuge Ke meant to ride this momentum and launch another great campaign, but that the time set by Heaven was not yet right, and that he was privately uneasy about it. Records, Wu 19 §42–43

Zhuge Ke wrote a reply after the essay he had composed, telling Nie You, 'Though your words have a natural logic, you do not see the greater destiny. If you study this essay carefully, you will be enlightened.' Then, against the wishes of all, he levied a host of 200,000 from the provinces and commanderies and set out. Records, Wu 19 §43

Zhuge Ke besieged Xincheng for several months but could not take it, and more than half his soldiers fell ill from drinking water in the summer heat. When Zhuge Ke withdrew his army and returned in the 8th month, in autumn, of the 2nd year of Jianxing (253), Nie You knew that he would come to ruin. He wrote to Teng Yin, 'When a man is strong and flourishing, he can uproot rivers and mountains, but once he weakens and shrinks, men's feelings change in a thousand ways; it is sad and lamentable to speak of.' Records, Wu 19 §44–45 · 64Records, Wu 3 §6

In the 10th month, in winter, of that year, Sun Jun, General of the Martial Guard, hid soldiers and killed Zhuge Ke in the palace hall. After Zhuge Ke was put to death, Sun Jun, wary of Nie You, sought to send him out as Administrator of Yulin, and Nie You fell ill and died of anxiety. At the end of the biography Chen Shou recorded that his courtesy name was Wenti and that he was a native of Yuzhang, but he did not record the year of his death or his age. Records, Wu 3 §6Records, Wu 19 §64

The assessment in Records of Wu 19 speaks only of Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin, Sun Jun, Sun Chen and Puyang Xing, and does not mention Nie You. Records, Wu 19 §108–109