Zhao Zi 趙咨

When Dong Zhuo moved the Son of Heaven to make Chang'an the capital while he himself remained at Luoyang, Sima Lang bribed those who held power under Dong Zhuo and returned to his home district. He told the elders of his district that their commandery bordered the capital region, and was where the righteous armies would halt if they could not advance, a land split four ways and torn five ways where war would be fought, and that while the roads were still open they should go east with their whole clans to Liyang. At Liyang, he said, there were garrison troops, and Zhao Weisun, an old relation by marriage from their home district, commanded troops and horses there as Internuncio Supervising the Camp. Records, Wei 15 §17 · 19–20

The elders of the district clung to their old homes and none followed him; only Zhao Zi of the same county took his household and went with Sima Lang. Sima Lang was a native of Wen County in Henei Commandery. Records, Wei 15 §15 · 20

In the 1st year of Qinglong (233) Man Chong memorialized that Hefei bordered rivers and lakes to the south and was far from Shouchun to the north, so that it was easy for the enemy to come and hard to relieve, and proposed moving the troops in the city to a rugged site thirty li to the west and building a new city there. The General Protector of the Army Jiang Ji objected that this would show weakness to the realm, and the emperor did not approve it; but when Man Chong submitted a further memorial citing the words of Sunzi, the Master of Writing Zhao Zi judged Man Chong's plan to be the better one, and an edict at last gave approval. That year Sun Quan came out in person intending to besiege the new city, but because the city was far from the water, for twenty days he did not dare to disembark from his boats. Records, Wei 26 §17–19

At the end of Sima Lang's biography Chen Shou wrote that Zhao Zi, who had first moved away with Sima Lang, rose in office to Minister of Ceremonies and was regarded in his day as a fine gentleman. Chen Shou's main text does not record his courtesy name or his death. Records, Wei 15 §27