Hu Zun 胡遵

Hu Zun was a man of Anding. Zhang Ji governed two provinces for more than ten years and summoned and employed with due courtesy Pang Yan of Fufeng, Yang Fu of Tianshui, Hu Zun of Anding, Pang Yu of Jiuquan, Zhang Gong of Dunhuang, Zhousheng Lie and others, all of whom in the end attained fame and rank. The Records do not give Hu Zun's courtesy name or tell of his early years. Records, Wei 15 §55

In the 9th month, in autumn, of the 1st year of Qinglong (233), when Hubojuzizhi and other Xiongnu chiefs guarding the frontier at Anding rebelled, Sima Yi sent the general Hu Zun and others to pursue and attack them, and they defeated them and forced their surrender. Records, Wei 3 §28 · 32

In the 6th month of the 2nd year of Jingchu (238), Sima Yi's army, sent to subjugate Gongsun Yuan, reached Liaodong. Gongsun Yuan had his generals Bei Yan, Yang Zuo and others station themselves at Liaosui County with several tens of thousands of foot and horse, behind encircling trenches stretching more than 20 li. When Sima Yi's army arrived, Gongsun Yuan had Bei Yan come out to give battle, and Sima Yi sent the general Hu Zun and others, who routed him. Sima Yi then broke through the encirclement and hurried to Xiangping. Records, Wei 8 §47

In the 11th month, in winter, of the 4th year of Jiaping (252), an edict ordered the General-in-Chief Who Conquers the South Wang Chang, the General Who Conquers the East Hu Zun, the General Who Guards the South Guanqiu Jian and others to attack Wu. Earlier, in the 10th month of that year, Zhuge Ke of Wu had built a great dyke at Dongxing once more and, leaning on the hills to the left and right, built two forts, which he had Quan Duan and Liu Lüe hold. Wei had its senior commanders Hu Zun, Zhuge Dan and others lead 70,000 men to surround and attack the two strongholds and break down the dyke. Records, Wei 4 §34Records, Wu 19 §28Records, Wu 3 §4

Hu Zun and the others ordered their armies to build a pontoon bridge and cross, drew up on the dyke, and divided their troops to attack the two forts. But the forts stood on high, steep ground and could not be taken at once. Zhuge Ke came to the rescue day and night with 40,000 men and sent Liu Zan, Lü Ju, Tang Zi and Ding Feng ahead as the vanguard. The weather was cold and snowy, and the Wei generals, gathered and drinking, saw that Liu Zan's men were few and had taken off their armour, carrying only helmets, swords and shields; they laughed loudly at them and did not at once put their troops in order. Records, Wu 19 §29

When the Wu troops climbed onto the dyke, beat their drums and cut down all before them, the Wei army scattered in alarm and rushed to cross the pontoon bridge; when the bridge collapsed and broke, men threw themselves into the water and trampled one another. Huan Jia, Administrator of Le'an, and others died together, the dead numbered in the tens of thousands, and Han Zong, who had become Commander of the Front Army for Wei, was also beheaded. The Biography of Zhu Yi records that Zhu Yi led a naval force to attack the pontoon bridge and broke it, and the Wei army was heavily defeated. The Wei annals record that in the 12th month the Wu General-in-Chief Zhuge Ke gave battle and heavily defeated the armies at Dongguan, and that the Wei army, faring badly, withdrew. According to the Wu records, the day the Wei army was routed was the wuwu day of the 12th month, which by the Western calendar falls early in 253. Records, Wu 19 §30Records, Wu 11 §65Records, Wei 4 §34Records, Wu 3 §4–5

In the 1st month, in spring, of the 2nd year of Zhengyuan (255), the General Who Guards the East Guanqiu Jian and the Inspector of Yang Province Wen Qin rebelled, crossed the Huai and reached Xiang County. The General-in-Chief Sima Shi marched against them and separately had Zhuge Dan lead the armies of Yu Province from Anfeng Ford toward Shouchun, and had the General Who Conquers the East Hu Zun lead the armies of Qing and Xu Provinces out between Qiao and Song to cut off their way home. Sima Shi ordered his armies to hold their walls firmly and not give battle, and Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin, unable to fight if they advanced and fearing an attack on Shouchun if they withdrew, were at their wits' end. Records, Wei 4 §54Records, Wei 28 §21–22

In the 7th month, in autumn, of that year, Hu Zun, General-in-Chief Who Conquers the East, became General of the Guards, and Zhuge Dan, General-in-Chief Who Guards the East, became General-in-Chief Who Conquers the East. On the jimao day of the 7th month, in autumn, of the 1st year of Ganlu (256), the General of the Guards Hu Zun died. The Records do not record the cause of his death or his age. Records, Wei 4 §56 · 75