Shi Ji 施績

Shi Ji, courtesy name Gongxu, was the son of Zhu Ran. Through his father's privilege he became a Gentleman, and was later appointed Commandant Who Establishes Loyalty. When his uncle Zhu Cai, a son of Zhu Zhi, died, Shi Ji took command of his troops and followed the Minister of Ceremonies Pan Jun in attacking the Wuxi tribes, winning praise for his courage. He was transferred to Lieutenant General and Camp Commander, in charge of matters concerning bandits, and in upholding the law he showed no partiality. Records, Wu 11 §10 · 24–26

Sun Ba, King of Lu, set his mind on befriending Shi Ji and once came to his office and sat down beside him, hoping to form a close tie, but Shi Ji stepped down from his seat, stood, and declined, saying he was not worthy. When Zhu Ran died in the 12th year of Chiwu (249), Shi Ji succeeded to the family's position and was appointed General Who Pacifies Wei and Area Commander of Lexiang. Records, Wu 11 §24 · 26

The following year the Wei General Who Attacks the South Wang Chang led his troops against the city of Jiangling but withdrew without taking it. Shi Ji wrote to the General of Vehement Might Zhuge Rong that Wang Chang had come a long way and was exhausted, his horses had nothing to eat, and he was fleeing with his strength spent, so this was Heaven's help; he proposed that he himself break the enemy in front while Zhuge Rong took advantage of the momentum from behind. When Zhuge Rong agreed, Shi Ji caught up with Wang Chang at Jinan, thirty li from the city, and at first fought and won, but because Zhuge Rong did not advance, things later turned against him. Records, Wu 11 §27–28

Sun Quan praised Shi Ji highly and severely rebuked Zhuge Rong, but since Zhuge Rong's elder brother, the General-in-Chief Zhuge Ke, was honoured and powerful, Zhuge Rong was not dismissed. Shi Ji had been on bad terms with Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong from the start, and this incident widened the rift further. Records, Wu 11 §28

The biography of Wang Chang, a record on the Wei side, describes this battle differently. In the 2nd year of Jiaping (250) Wang Chang went to Jiangling, built a bridge of bamboo ropes, crossed the river and attacked; when the Wu army fled to the southern bank and then came to attack by seven routes, he had his crossbows shoot all together, and the enemy's commander Shi Ji fled by night into the city of Jiangling. When Wang Chang made a show of sending his army back along the main road while laying an ambush, Shi Ji did indeed pursue, was defeated in battle and fled, and his generals Zhongli Mao and Xu Min were beheaded. Records, Wei 27 §40 · 42–44

In the 1st year of Jianxing (252) he was transferred to General Who Guards the East. In the spring of the 2nd year (253), Zhuge Ke, heading for Xincheng, asked Shi Ji to join forces with him, but then left him at Banzhou and had Zhuge Rong take over his duties as well. When Zhuge Ke was killed that winter, the Wunan Commander Shi Kuan went to the generals Shi Ji, Sun Yi, Quan Xi and others to have them seize Zhuge Rong, and when the troops surrounded the city, Zhuge Rong took poison and died. Shi Ji returned to Lexiang and was granted the tally of authority (jiajie). Records, Wu 11 §28–29Records, Wu 7 §66Records, Wu 6 §21

Earlier, Zhu Ran had asked to return to his original surname after completing the mourning for Zhu Zhi, but Sun Quan did not allow it; during the Wufeng era Shi Ji submitted a memorial and returned to the surname Shi. Records, Wu 11 §30

In the 2nd year of Taiping (257) he was appointed General of Agile Cavalry. When Sun Chen took control of the government and the senior ministers grew suspicious and divided in loyalty, Shi Ji, fearing that Wu would surely fall into disorder and the state of the Central Plains would exploit the opening, secretly wrote to Shu to make common cause with it, so that Shu might prepare to take over Wu as well. Shu had the General of the Right Yan Yu lead 5,000 soldiers to reinforce the garrison at Baidi and await Shi Ji's further word. When Zhuge Dan rebelled in Wei, Wang Chang of Wei occupied Jiashi and pressed on Jiangling, pinning down Shi Ji and Quan Xi so that they could not go east. Records, Wu 11 §29Records, Wei 27 §45

Early in the Yong'an era he was transferred to Senior General-in-Chief and Protector Commander, in charge of the area from Baqiu up to Xiling. In the 6th year of Yong'an (263), Sun Xiu had the General-in-Chief Ding Feng head for Shouchun in Wei and separately sent the general Liu Ping to Shi Ji in Nan Commandery to discuss where to direct the troops, all in order to relieve Shu. When news arrived that Liu Shan, the ruler of Shu, had surrendered to Wei, they stopped. Records, Wu 11 §30Records, Wu 3 §43–44

In the 8th month of the 1st year of Yuanxing (264), Sun Hao made the Senior General-in-Chief Shi Ji and the General-in-Chief Ding Feng Grand Marshals of the Left and Right. In the 10th month of that year a Wei edict said that the ruler had changed with Sun Xiu's death, and that 'the false general Shi Ji, a famous minister of the rebels, harbours suspicion and is uneasy, and is deeply mistrusted and disliked'. When the Grand Marshal of the Left Shi Ji died in the summer, in the 4th month of the 2nd year of Jianheng (270), Lu Kang was put in charge of the various armies of Xinling, Xiling, Yidao, Lexiang and Gong'an, with his seat at Lexiang. Records, Wu 11 §30Records, Wu 3 §50 · 62Records, Wei 4 §139 · 141Records, Wu 13 §63

In his assessment Chen Shou wrote that 'Lü Ju, Zhu Yi and Shi Ji all had the talent of generals and carried on their fathers' work well', and that Lü Ju and Zhu Yi met with disaster despite being without fault because the times they met were different. Records, Wu 11 §67