Jia Hua 賈華
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Profile
Jia Hua is a figure who appears in the Romance as a general of Sun Quan. At the battle of Hefei in Chapter 53, he and Song Qian guard Sun Quan on his left and right, wielding sky-piercing halberds, and when Yue Jin brings his blade down on Sun Quan, he and Song Qian block it with their halberds. Romance, Ch. 53 §32–34
In Chapter 54, on Sun Quan's instructions, he places swordsmen and axemen in ambush in the corridors on both sides at Ganlu Temple, but this is discovered and he is rebuked by Dowager Wu. Dowager Wu orders him beheaded, but when Liu Bei and Qiao Guolao intercede, she scolds him and sends him away. Romance, Ch. 54 §33–34 · 38–39
He appears in 2 of the Romance's 120 chapters, Chapters 53 and 54, and his name is in no chapter title. Jia Hua does not appear in Chen Shou's main text or in Pei Songzhi's notes. In Chen Shou's main text, the Biography of the Lord of Wu records that Sun Quan personally led his host to besiege Hefei but withdrew after failing to take it for more than a month. Romance, Ch. 53 §32Romance, Ch. 54 §39Records, Wu 2 §14
In the Romance
In Chapter 53 of the Romance, Sun Quan, delighted at the arrival of Cheng Pu's troops, welcomes Lu Su and discusses plans for breaking Hefei. When Zhang Liao then sends a man to deliver a challenge, Sun Quan flies into a rage, declares that he will not use the newly arrived troops but will fight a great battle himself, and at the fifth watch that night sends the three armies advancing on Hefei. When the two sides draw up their lines, Sun Quan rides out in a golden helmet and golden armour, guarded on both sides by Song Qian on the left and Jia Hua on the right, both wielding sky-piercing halberds. Before the lines of Cao Cao's army stand Zhang Liao in the centre, with Li Dian and Yue Jin. Romance, Ch. 53 §29–32
When Taishi Ci rides out and fights Zhang Liao for seventy or eighty bouts without either gaining the upper hand, Li Dian tells Yue Jin that the man in the golden helmet is Sun Quan, and that capturing him would be enough to avenge the army of 830,000. Yue Jin charges slantwise straight at Sun Quan and brings his blade down, and Song Qian and Jia Hua hastily block it with their halberds; where the blade strikes, both halberds snap at once, and the two men strike at the head of his horse with the halberd shafts. When Yue Jin turns his horse, Song Qian snatches a spear from a soldier and gives chase, but is struck by Li Dian's arrow and falls from his horse, and the Wu army is thrown into great confusion and scatters. Cheng Pu rescues Sun Quan and brings him back to the main camp, and Sun Quan, seeing that Song Qian has been lost, weeps aloud. Romance, Ch. 53 §33–35
In Chapter 54, when Dowager Wu says she will see Liu Bei for herself at Ganlu Temple and that if he does not please her they may do as they like, Sun Quan summons Lü Fan and has him prepare a banquet in the abbot's quarters of Ganlu Temple. Lü Fan proposes having Jia Hua lead 300 swordsmen and axemen in ambush in the corridors on both sides, so that if Dowager Wu is displeased, at a single signal they can rush out from both sides and seize Liu Bei. Sun Quan summons Jia Hua and instructs him to make ready in advance and simply watch Dowager Wu's conduct. Romance, Ch. 54 §32–34
At the banquet, when Zhao Yun, having looked around beneath the corridors, reports that swordsmen and axemen are lying in ambush in the rooms, Liu Bei kneels before Dowager Wu's seat and weeps, asking that if they mean to kill him they do it there. Dowager Wu, enraged, rebukes Sun Quan; Sun Quan claims to know nothing of it and questions Lü Fan, and Lü Fan shifts the blame onto Jia Hua. When Dowager Wu summons Jia Hua and rebukes him, he keeps silent and says nothing, and Dowager Wu orders him beheaded. When Liu Bei pleads that beheading a senior general would bode ill for the marriage and make it hard for him to remain long at her knee, and Qiao Guolao also intercedes, Dowager Wu only then scolds Jia Hua and sends him away, and the swordsmen and axemen all flee like rats, clutching their heads. In the Romance, Jia Hua does not appear after this scene. Romance, Ch. 54 §37–39
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Abilities
There is no record in the main text of Chen Shou’s Records, so only the Romance score is given.
- LEA40
- STR48
- INT33
- POL31
- CHA35
- VIR45
- ADP30
- SCH31
- DIP30
- DIS31
Evidence by ability
NLed 300 swordsmen and axemen and lay in ambush in the corridorsCh. 54 §34
NGuarded Sun Quan with a sky-piercing halberd, and fought on with the shaft when it snappedCh. 53 §32Ch. 53 §34
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 54 §33
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a bodyguard generalCh. 53 §32
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 53 §32
NNo direct record — estimated from his shielding his lord with his own bodyCh. 53 §34
NFell silent under the Dowager's rebuke and was nearly beheaded before being let goCh. 54 §38Ch. 54 §39
NNo direct record — estimated from his being a military officerCh. 53 §32
NHad the blame shifted onto him yet could say nothing at allCh. 54 §38
NNo direct record — estimated from his deedsCh. 54 §34
Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
Romance chapters (2)
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Related events (1)
- Sun Quan Battles Zhang Liao Romance ch. 53 · Appears (Romance scene)
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