CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Diaochan貂蝉
Wang Yun's adopted daughter, who used the 'chain strategy' to sow discord between Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 3
- RELATION RECORDS
- 3
- SOURCE WORKS
- 1
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Diaochan, and the people around them.
Open one chapter at a time. Each chapter gives the relationship first, then the source text behind it.
01KINSHIPKinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
3 figures · 3 records＋
Kinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
Dong Zhuo—Diaochantake as concubine
Lu Bu—Diaochanadmire
Wang Yun—Diaochanadoptive father-daughter
3 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
In fiction · Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Diaochan was a singing girl in Wang Yun's household, treated by Wang Yun as his own daughter. Wang Yun devised the 'chain strategy,' and Diaochan maneuvered between Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu, driving a wedge between them. Later she became Lü Bu's concubine, and drinking with him, influenced his decisions.
History vs. fiction
Diao Chan: Whether Diao Chan existed and the authenticity of the serial stratagem
In Chapter 8 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is fictionalized that Wang Yun cleverly employed the serial stratagem, using his adopted daughter "Diao Chan" to sow discord between Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu. However, in official history, the specific character "Diao Chan" does not exist. In Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biographies of Lü Bu, Zhang Miao, and Zang Hong, it is only recorded that "Dong Zhuo often had Lü Bu guard the inner chambers, and Lü Bu had a secret affair with Dong Zhuo's maidservant, fearing that it would be discovered, and felt uneasy." The Diao Chan and the serial stratagem in the novel are both fictionalized and evolved from this "maidservant."
Relationship network
- take as concubine← Dong Zhuo → DiaochanlitRomance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 8Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 9
Original text (2)
董卓自纳貂蝉后
貂蝉倒于卓怀
Original relation: favor · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 9
- admire← Lu Bu → DiaochanlitRomance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 8Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 16
Original text (2)
布知是貂蝉，神魂飘荡
后娶貂蝉为妾
Original relation: spouse · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 16
- adoptive father-daughter← Wang Yun → DiaochanlitRomance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 8Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 9
Original text (2)
允以亲女待之
正为公女耳
Original relation: 义女 · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 9