陈群

陳群

Chén Qún

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chen Qun
2 Three Kingdoms Wei statesman, designer of the Nine-Rank system

About Chen Qun

died 237 · 政治家 politician

Minister of the state of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period who devised the 九品中正制 (Nine-Rank system), the way officials were chosen until the Sui dynasty brought in the imperial examinations.

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Examples

HSK 6

陈群是曹魏的重要大臣。

Chén Qún shì Cáo Wèi de zhòngyào dàchén.

Chen Qun was an important minister of Cao Wei.

HSK 6

陈群提出了九品中正制。

Chén Qún tíchū le jiǔpǐn zhōngzhèngzhì.

Chen Qun proposed the Nine-Rank system.

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history

He put the system forward in 220, as 曹丕 took power. In practice it came to favour great clans, summed up in the line 上品无寒门，下品无势族: 'no humble families in the top ranks, no powerful clans in the bottom ones'.

culture

One of the "Four Friends of the Heir Apparent" (四友) under Cao Pi, alongside Sima Yi, Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo. Appears as a stabilizing court figure in 《三国演义》 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms).

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陈 chén

群 qún

陈群