Pan Jun 潘濬

Pan Jun, courtesy name Chengming, was a man of Hanshou County in Wuling Commandery. At about twenty he went to study under Song Zhong. Before he was thirty, Liu Biao, Governor of Jing Province, summoned him and made him Attendant Officer supervising Jiangxia; at that time the Chief of Shaxian was taking bribes and behaving badly, and Pan Jun investigated him and had him executed, so that the whole commandery trembled. Later he became Prefect of Xiangxiang, where his administration was very famous. Records, Wu 16 §2

When Liu Bei took charge of Jing Province, he made Pan Jun Headquarters Officer (zhizhong congshi), and when he entered Shu he left him behind in charge of the province's affairs. Yang Xi's Eulogies on the Worthy Ministers of the Ji Han, recorded in the Records of Shu, treats him together with Mi Fang, Shi Ren and Hao Pu, and states that Pan Jun too was on bad terms with Guan Yu, that when Sun Quan attacked Guan Yu he went over to Wu in the end, and that he rose to Minister of Ceremonies and was enfeoffed as a marquis. Records, Wu 16 §2Records, Shu 15 §82–83

When Sun Quan killed Guan Yu and annexed the territory of Jing Province, he made Pan Jun General of the Household Who Supports the Army (fujun zhonglangjiang) and gave him troops. He was transferred to General Who Displays Might (fenwei jiangjun) and enfeoffed as Marquis of Changqian Precinct. When Sun Quan took the imperial title, he made Pan Jun Privy Treasurer, raised his enfeoffment to Marquis of Liuyang, and transferred him to Minister of Ceremonies. Records, Wu 16 §3

When the Man tribes of the Five Streams rebelled and banded together in tangled alliances, Sun Quan gave Pan Jun the Credential and had him supervise the armies of several commanderies to subdue them. He gave rewards faithfully and without fail and made the law inviolable, and those beheaded or captured numbered in the tens of thousands; from then on the Man tribes grew weak and the whole region was at peace. The Biography of the Lord of Wu records that in the 2nd month of the 3rd year of Huanglong (231) the Minister of Ceremonies Pan Jun set out with 50,000 men against the Man tribes of Wuling, and that in the 11th month of the 3rd year of Jiahe (234) he pacified them and returned to Wuchang. The biography of Lü Dai also records that he and the Minister of Ceremonies Pan Jun subdued and pacified the Man tribes of Wuling. Records, Wu 16 §3Records, Wu 2 §70 · 78Records, Wu 15 §39

Earlier, Pan Jun had been stationed at Wuchang together with Lu Xun, jointly in charge of the affairs left behind there. At this time the Inspector of Affairs (jiaoshi) Lü Yi wielded authority and power at will and had the Chancellor Gu Yong, the General of the Left Zhu Ju and others investigated, and all of them were detained. When Xie Hong, Gentleman of the Yellow Gate, told Lü Yi that if Gu Yong were removed, Minister of Ceremonies Pan would surely get his post, and that Minister of Ceremonies Pan always ground his teeth at him, so if he replaced Lord Gu he would strike at Lü Yi the very next day, Lü Yi was greatly afraid and dropped the case against Gu Yong. Records, Wu 16 §4–5

Pan Jun asked to come to court and went to Jianye intending to remonstrate to the full, but heard that the Heir Apparent Sun Deng had already spoken several times without being heeded. He therefore invited all the officials to a grand gathering, intending to kill Lü Yi with his own hand on that occasion and take the blame upon himself, so as to rid the state of this evil. Lü Yi secretly learned of it and stayed away, pleading illness, and whenever Pan Jun had an audience with Sun Quan, he set out Lü Yi's treachery. Because of this, Sun Quan's favour toward Lü Yi gradually waned, and Lü Yi was finally executed. Records, Wu 16 §5–6

After Lü Yi was executed, Sun Quan took the blame upon himself and sent Yuan Li, Gentleman of the Palace Writers, to apologise to the senior generals and ask about the affairs of the time. In an edict to Zhuge Jin, Bu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Lü Dai and others, Sun Quan wrote that they had all deferred to Boyan (Lu Xun) and Chengming (Pan Jun), saying they were not in charge of the people's affairs, and that Lu Xun and Pan Jun had shed tears on meeting Yuan Li, spoken bitter and painful words, and even harboured a sense of unease. Records, Wu 2 §88–89

Pan Jun died in the 2nd year of Chiwu (239), and his son Pan Zhu succeeded him. His daughter married Sun Lü, Marquis of Jianchang. When Pan Jun died, Lü Dai took over from him the documents of Jing Province. Records, Wu 16 §7Records, Wu 15 §41

In his assessment Chen Shou said that Pan Jun was just, upright and decisive and Lu Kai loyal, valiant, plain and straightforward, so that both were firm in integrity and spirit and had the bearing and achievements of a true man. Records, Wu 16 §57