Bu Chan 步闡

Bu Zhi was at Xiling for twenty years and died in the 10th year of Chiwu (247). His son Bu Xie succeeded him, commanded the troops Bu Zhi had led and received the additional title of General Who Soothes the Army, and when Bu Xie died, his son Bu Ji inherited the marquisate. Bu Xie's younger brother Bu Chan carried on the family's work as Area Commander of Xiling, received the additional title of General of Illustrious Martial Might and was enfeoffed as Marquis of Xiting. Records, Wu 7 §86–87

In the 9th month of the 1st year of Ganlu (265), following a memorial from Bu Chan, Area Commander of Xiling, Sun Hao moved the capital to Wuchang and had Ding Gu, Grandee Secretary, and Zhuge Jing, General of the Right, guard Jianye. Records, Wu 3 §52 · 54

In the 8th month, in autumn, of the 1st year of Fenghuang (272), Bu Chan was summoned to become Commander of the Curtain Guard. Bu Chan's family had been at Xiling for generations, and on being summoned suddenly he believed he would lose his post and also feared the calamity of slander, so he did not answer the summons but held the city and surrendered to Jin. He then sent Bu Ji and Bu Ji's younger brother Bu Xuan to Luoyang as hostages. Records, Wu 7 §87Records, Wu 3 §64

Jin made Bu Chan Chief Controller of All Military Affairs at Xiling, General of the Guards and of ceremonial status equal to the Three Excellencies, added the post of Palace Attendant, gave him provisional credentials (jiajie) to serve concurrently as Governor of Jiao Province, and enfeoffed him as Duke of Yidu. Bu Ji became Supervisor of All Military Affairs at Jiangling and General of the Left, received the additional title of Cavalier Regular Attendant, served concurrently as Administrator of Luling and was re-enfeoffed as Marquis of Jiangling, and Bu Xuan became Supervisor of Affairs in the Palace (jishizhong) and General Who Proclaims Might and was enfeoffed as Marquis of a Chief District. Jin sent Yang Hu, General of Chariots and Cavalry, and Yang Zhao, Inspector of Jing Province, to go and rescue Bu Chan. Records, Wu 7 §87–88

When Lu Kang of Wu heard that Bu Chan had seized the city and rebelled, that same day he deployed his various armies and had the generals Zuo Yi, Wu Yan, Cai Gong and others hasten straight to Xiling. He also had strict siege lines built anew from Chixi to Gushi, to enclose Bu Chan on the inside and hold off the enemy on the outside. When his generals proposed attacking Bu Chan quickly before the Jin relief armies arrived, Lu Kang refused, saying that the city held a strong position, had ample grain, and that the defensive works prepared there had all been planned by himself earlier, so it could not be taken quickly. When Lei Tan, Administrator of Yidu, pleaded earnestly, he allowed one assault, which indeed gained nothing. Records, Wu 13 §70–72

When Yang Hu led his army toward Jiangling, Lu Kang went to Xiling, saying that Jiangling's walls were strong and its troops ample so there was nothing to worry about, but that if Xiling became firmly entangled with the enemy, the various Yi peoples of the southern mountains would all rise up. When Yang Zhao, Inspector of Jing Province, arrived at Xiling, Lu Kang himself led the three armies and faced him from behind the siege lines, and after more than a month Yang Zhao's plans were exhausted and he fled by night. Lu Kang, concerned that Bu Chan was husbanding his strength and watching for an opening so that his own forces would not suffice to be divided, only had the drums beaten as if he were about to pursue and sent light troops to follow on Yang Zhao's heels. Yang Zhao was heavily defeated, and Yang Hu and the others also all led their armies back. Records, Wu 13 §72 · 74–75

Lu Kang at last took the city of Xiling and executed Bu Chan's clan and his chief commanders and officials, and those below them for whom pardon was sought numbered tens of thousands. The Biographies of the Three Successor Rulers record that Bu Chan's followers all surrendered and that the several dozen men who had plotted with Bu Chan all had their three kindreds exterminated. Bu Zhi's biography records that when Lu Kang took the city and beheaded Bu Chan and others, the Bu clan was wiped out, with only Bu Xuan continuing the sacrifices. Records, Wu 13 §76Records, Wu 3 §64Records, Wu 7 §88

In the summer of the 3rd year of Fenghuang (274), Lu Kang, having fallen ill, cited in a memorial the words of his father Lu Xun that Xiling was the western gate of the state, and said that the troops under his command had been further reduced since the affair of Bu Chan. Records, Wu 13 §84–85