Zhuge Qian 諸葛虔

According to the record of Zhu Huan in Records of Wu 11, in the 1st year of Huangwu (222) Wei had the Grand Marshal Cao Ren lead tens of thousands of foot and horse toward Ruxu. Cao Ren, intending to raid and seize the island in the middle of the river, falsely spread word that he would first attack Xianxi to the east, and after Zhu Huan had divided his troops and sent them to Xianxi, Cao Ren advanced to within 70 li of Ruxu. The troops left under Zhu Huan numbered 5,000, and his generals were each afraid. Records, Wu 11 §49

Zhu Huan reassured them, saying that victory depended on the general, not on the number of troops; that Cao Ren was neither wise nor brave and that his troops were exhausted after marching a thousand li, while they themselves, relying on a high-walled fortress, were in the position of waiting at ease for a tired enemy. Saying that even if Cao Pi came in person there would be nothing to fear, let alone the likes of Cao Ren, he lowered his banners and silenced his drums, outwardly showing weakness, to lure Cao Ren in. Records, Wu 11 §49–51

Cao Ren sent his son Cao Tai to attack Ruxu Fortress, and sent out separately the general Chang Diao, commanding Zhuge Qian, Wang Shuang and others, to raid Zhongzhou by another route in oiled boats. Zhongzhou was where the wives and children of the troops were. Cao Ren himself, with 10,000 men, stayed at Tuogao as rear support for Cao Tai and the others. Records, Wu 11 §51

Zhu Huan divided his troops and officers, sending some to attack and seize the oiled boats and others to strike Chang Diao and the rest separately, while he himself held off Cao Tai, who burned his camp and withdrew. In the end Zhu Huan beheaded Chang Diao and displayed his head, captured Wang Shuang alive and sent him to Wuchang, and more than a thousand were killed on the field or drowned. Chen Shou's main text does not record what became of Zhuge Qian in this battle. Records, Wu 11 §52

The Biography of the Lord of Wu places this event in the 3rd month of the 2nd year of Huangwu (223), recording that Cao Ren gave the general Chang Diao and others 5,000 troops to cross at dawn in oiled boats to Zhongzhou at Ruxu, and that the general Yan Gui and others were sent and defeated Chang Diao and the rest. The record of Luo Tong likewise says that at the beginning of Huangwu, when Cao Ren had his subordinate general Chang Diao and others raid Zhongzhou, Luo Tong and Yan Gui together held them off and defeated them. Zhuge Qian's name does not appear in either record. Records, Wu 2 §49Records, Wu 12 §62

In Chen Shou's main text, Zhuge Qian's name appears only in this one passage of the record of Zhu Huan, and his courtesy name, origin, offices and later life are not recorded. Records, Wu 11 §51