Xun Yun 荀惲

Cao Cao gave his daughter in marriage to Xun Yu's eldest son Xun Yun, and she was later known as Princess Anyang. Chen Shou did not record the year of this marriage. Records, Wei 10 §40

In the 17th year of Jian'an (212), when Cao Cao was about to campaign against Sun Quan, he memorialized the throne to have Xun Yu reward the troops at Qiao and then kept him there, as Palace Attendant and Grand Master of Splendid Happiness bearing the Staff of Authority, to take part in the military affairs of the Chancellor. When Cao Cao's army reached Ruxu, Xun Yu stayed behind at Shouchun because of illness and died in distress at the age of fifty, and was given the posthumous name Marquis Jing. His son Xun Yun inherited the marquisate and rose to the office of General of the Household Rapid as Tigers. Records, Wei 10 §42–43 · 45

Earlier, when Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, Marquis of Pingyuan, were both being discussed as heir, Cao Pi had bent the rules of propriety to show deference to Xun Yu. After Xun Yu died, however, Xun Yun was on good terms with Cao Zhi and on bad terms with Xiahou Shang, and so Cao Pi deeply hated Xun Yun. Records, Wei 10 §45

Xun Yun died young, but his sons Xun Han and Xun Yi (荀霬) were Cao Pi's nephews through his sister and so were still treated with favour. Xun Yun's younger brother Xun Yu (荀俁) was Palace Assistant Imperial Clerk, and Xun Yu's younger brother Xun Shen was Attendant Gentleman to the General-in-Chief; both were well known but died young. Xun Shen's younger brother Xun Yi (荀顗) became Minister of Works in the Xianxi era. Chen Shou did not record the year of Xun Yun's death. Records, Wei 10 §45

His son Xun Han succeeded him, became Cavalier Attendant-in-Ordinary and was advanced to Marquis of Guangyang Village; he died at thirty and was succeeded by his son Xun Jun. His other son Xun Yi rose to Central Commander of the Army, and after his death he was given the posthumous name Marquis Zhen and posthumously made General of Agile Cavalry. Xun Yi's wife was the sister of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, so both of them were on close terms with him, and when the five ranks of nobility were newly established in the Xianxi era, his son Xun Kai was re-enfeoffed as Viscount of Nandun because Xun Yi had rendered distinguished service under the previous reigns. Records, Wei 10 §46–49

In his assessment at the end of the volume, Chen Shou described Xun Yu as pure and outstanding, broadly versed and refined, with the bearing of one who assists a king, but he did not assess Xun Yun separately. Records, Wei 10 §90