Is “Conspired with Jiang Wei to seize Shu and declare independence from Wei” true?
attested in history
According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biography of Zhong Hui, after the conquest of Shu, Zhong Hui, blinded by greed, conspired with Jiang Wei to rebel against Wei from Shu, but was killed when his troops mutinied. The original text: 「姜维率会左右战，手杀五六人，众既格斩维，争赴杀会。」 (Source: Book of Wei, Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng, and Zhong.txt)
Zhong Hui
A Wei general who, in official history, was known for his sharp reasoning and later secretly plotted rebellion after the conquest of Shu.
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