Xin Ming 辛明
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Profile
Xin Ming is a general of Yuan Shao who appears in Chapter 30 of the Romance. At a time when Yuan Shao has lost the grain at Wuchao and even Zhang He and Gao Lan have surrendered to Cao Cao, leaving his army in turmoil, word comes that Cao Cao is dividing his troops into two columns to attack Ye Commandery and Liyang. Greatly alarmed, Yuan Shao detaches 50,000 troops under Yuan Tan to relieve Ye Commandery and 50,000 troops under Xin Ming to relieve Liyang, and has them set out through the night. Romance, Ch. 30 §51–53
That word had been spread deliberately by Cao Cao on Xun You's plan. When Yuan Shao's troops divide and move off, Cao Cao sends his main army out in eight columns to fall on Yuan Shao's camp, and Yuan Shao, without even time to put on his armor, flees across the river with only some 800 horsemen who follow him. Romance, Ch. 30 §52 · 54
Of the 120 chapters of the Romance he appears in only one, Chapter 30, and no chapter has his name in its title. His name appears only in the single passage where he sets out to relieve Liyang, and what became of him afterwards is not recorded. The name Xin Ming appears neither in Chen Shou's main text nor in Pei Songzhi's commentary. Romance, Ch. 30 §53
In the Romance
In Chapter 30 of the Romance, when Cao Cao raids Wuchao and burns all the grain and fodder, Yuan Shao, following Guo Tu's advice, has Zhang He and Gao Lan attack Cao Cao's camp with 5,000 troops and has Jiang Qi relieve Wuchao with 10,000 troops. Jiang Qi is deceived by Cao Cao's troops disguised as Chunyu Qiong's men and is cut down by Zhang Liao, and Zhang He and Gao Lan are badly defeated by Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and Cao Hong. When Yuan Shao, swayed by Guo Tu's slander, means to call them to account, Gao Lan beheads Yuan Shao's envoy and surrenders to Cao Cao together with Zhang He. Romance, Ch. 30 §41 · 43–44 · 46–49
Having lost Xu You, lost Zhang He and Gao Lan, and lost even the grain at Wuchao, Yuan Shao's army is thrown into deep turmoil, and in Cao Cao's night raid led by Zhang He and Gao Lan, Yuan Shao loses more than half his troops. Xun You proposes spreading word that one column will attack Ye Commandery by way of Suanzao and the other will cut off the Yuan army's line of retreat by way of Liyang, so that Yuan Shao will divide his troops to stop them and they can strike while he is doing so, and Cao Cao has his three armies, great and small, spread the word far and wide. Hearing this news, Yuan Shao is greatly alarmed; he detaches 50,000 troops under Yuan Tan to relieve Ye Commandery and 50,000 troops under Xin Ming to relieve Liyang, and has them set out through the night. Romance, Ch. 30 §51–53
Learning that Yuan Shao's troops have moved, Cao Cao divides his main army into eight columns and falls on Yuan Shao's camp all at once. Yuan Shao's troops, with no will to fight, scatter in all directions and collapse completely, and Yuan Shao, with no time to put on his armor, mounts his horse in an unlined robe and a headcloth and flees with his young son Yuan Shang; abandoning his documents, carriages, gold and silk, he crosses the river with only some 800 horsemen who follow him. Those killed by Cao Cao's troops numbered more than 80,000, and those who drowned could not be counted. Romance, Ch. 30 §54–55
In Chapter 31, when Yuan Shao flees with some 800 horsemen to the north bank at Liyang, the one who comes out of his camp to meet him is the senior general Jiang Yiqu. The name of Xin Ming, who went to relieve Liyang, does not appear again in the Romance after this. Romance, Ch. 31 §1
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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.
- LEA52
- STR42
- INT38
- POL33
- CHA38
- VIR45
- ADP38
- SCH31
- DIP31
- DIS31
Evidence by ability
NEntrusted by Yuan Shao with 50,000 troops to relieve LiyangCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as a general of Yuan ShaoCh. 30 §53
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.
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