Historically, Pei Songzhi made supplements to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", but generally the length of the supplements in each article in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" is relatively limited compared to the original text, except for those supplementary materials, it is rarely close to half of the text, but there is an exception in Guo Jia's biography, and the length of "Fu Zi's introduction to Guo Jia" is rarely close to the text of "Three Kingdoms".

In terms of length, "Fu Zi" should be a major material for the study of Guo Jia, but because "Fu Zi" has some contradictions and too obvious tendencies for Guo Jia's record, its reference value is not as high as most people think, although it is not low.

【Fu Xuan】

Fu Xuan is the author of "Fu Zi", his grandfather is Fu Xie, his father is Fu Gan, Fu Xuan originally served as a planner in the county, and was twice elected as a filial piety and the conscription of the Taiwei Mansion, but he did not take office. Later, he was promoted as a Xiucai by the state, Ren Langzhong, and Miao Shi, a native of the East China Sea, were selected as writers because of their good reputation at that time, and were ordered to write a collection of "Book of Wei".

"Fu Zi" is written by Fu Xuan personally, the inside, outside, and middle sections, and most of the four parts have now been lost.

[Relevant records about Guo Jia]

The first record of Guo Jia in "Fu Zi" is "Jia is rare and far-reaching. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world will be in chaos. Since the weak crown anonymous traces, close friendship with the Yingjun, not with the vulgar, so people do not know, but the person who knows the master is strange. In the twenty-seventh year, he opened the Situ Mansion. It can be seen that Fu Xuan still respects Guo Jia.

The second record is Guo Jia's "Ten Wins and Ten Defeats", which has been explained in detail in the third volume above, and there should be no such thing in history, and the prototype here is Xun Yu's "Four Wins and Four Defeats"

The third place is recorded that when Cao Cao crusaded against Lü Bu, Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao to persevere to the end, the original text is "Taizu wants to lead the army back, Jia said: 'In the past, he fought more than 70 battles, but he was not defeated, and once he lost power and died in the country, he was brave and had no reason. Today's cloth is broken every time, the strength is exhausted, and the inside and outside are lost. The power of the cloth is not as good as the item, and the defeat has passed, if the victory is attacked, this will become a bird. Taizu said, "Good." ’”

The record here coincides with the content of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", when it was Xun You and Guo Jia who dissuaded Cao Cao from retreating, and later conquered Xiapi and eliminated Lü Bu as expected.

The fourth place is about Liu Bei, when Liu Bei was driven out by Lu Bu and ran to Xuchang. "Fu Zi" records that Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao not to kill Liu Bei, but there must be restrictions, but later Cao Cao did not listen to Guo Jia's words, and also let Liu Bei go to Xuzhou, regretting it too late. The original text is as follows:

At the beginning, Liu Bei came to surrender, and Taizu treated him with courtesy and made him the pastor of Yuzhou. Jiayan Yu Taizu said: "Possess eloquence and win the hearts of the people." Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are all enemies of thousands of people, and they are used for death. Jiaguanzhi, the end of the preparation is not for people, and its plan is unpredictable. The ancients said: 'If you set up an enemy in one day, you will suffer for several generations.' 'It is better to do it early. "At that time, Taizu commanded the world by the Son of Heaven, and recruited heroes to show great faith, but he did not follow Jiamou. Hui Taizu made preparations to attack Yuan Shu, and Jia and Cheng Yu both drove and admonished Taizu and said: "Let go, change it!" "The time was gone, so he raised troops to rebel. Taizu hated not to use Jia's words.

But this record is completely contrary to the record in the Book of Wei, in which Guo Jia says "Yes." However, the public raised the sword to rebel against the people, eliminated the violence for the people, and promoted sincerity and faith to recruit Junjie, and he was afraid of it. Now there is a heroic name, to return the poor to oneself and harm it, in the name of harming the virtuous, then the wise man will doubt himself, return to his heart to choose the master, who is the public and the world? In addition to the trouble of one person, the hope of the whole world is frustrated, and the opportunity for safety must not be ignored! ”

The Book of Wei was written by Wang Shen and Xun Yi, Ruan Ji and many others, and Pei Songzhi was the most cited historical book in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", with as many as 227 articles, which was much more authoritative than "Fu Zi", and Fu Xuan also participated in the compilation of the "Book of Wei".

However, it is recorded later that Guo Jia and Cheng Yu persuaded Cao Cao not to send Liu Bei to Xuzhou, which is consistent with the relevant records of the "Three Kingdoms".

The fifth account is that after Liu Bei reoccupied Xuzhou, Cao Cao, under great pressure from Yuan Shao, decided to take the risk of Yuan Shao's attack to deal with Liu Bei first. The original text in "Fu Zi" is "Taizu wanted to quickly conquer Liu Bei, but the speaker was afraid of the army, Yuan Shao attacked him, and he retreated without a fight." The language is in the martial arts. Taizu was suspicious, so he asked Jia. Jia persuaded Taizu and said: 'Shao is late and suspicious, and he will not come quickly. Prepare for a new start, the hearts of the people are not attached, and the rapid attack will be defeated. This existential opportunity cannot be missed. Taizu said, "Good." 'Then he went east and prepared. Prepare for defeat and run Shao, and Shaoguo will not come out. ”

Pei Songzhi believes that "the decision to levy and prepare, and the amount cannot be out" should be from Cao Cao's own decision, and Guo Jia has nothing to do with it, but in fact, the record in this place is consistent with the record of "Three Kingdoms", which can be regarded as a supplement to it.

The original text recorded in the sixth place is "Hebei is peaceful, and Taizu has summoned many Qing, Hebei, You, and well-known people, and gradually made them subordinate, thinking that it is a matter of saving trouble." The strategy of the Jiajia is also. "No inconsistencies with other information have been identified.

The seventh record is Cao Cao's reminiscence of Guo Jia after Guo Jia's death. Nothing too big a problem either.

【Overview】

Fu Xuan has a lot of respect for Guo Jia in history, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first fan of Guo Jia who is known. Therefore, he writes a lot of ink when describing Guo Jia, and his stance is also a little problematic. For example, he moved Xun Yu's "four wins and four defeats" to Guo Jia, and with hindsight, Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao to beware of Liu Bei in advance.

But it's not right to knock over "Fu Zi" with one shot, because on the whole, most of the records of "Fu Zi" for Guo Jia are still true. For example, the record in the fifth place is obviously a supplement to the "Three Kingdoms: Emperor Wu Ji", and even the sentence "Yu is in the Wu Ji" is in the text, which means that Fu Xuan first agreed with the views in the "Three Kingdoms". Of course, according to "Fu Zi", Guo Jia played a big role in this matter.

Guo Jia is one of Cao Cao's main advisers, has a certain status in history, and now the preliminary information of the main research is the "Three Kingdoms" and Pei Songzhi's supplement, which are the first-hand information from the Three Kingdoms era to the Jin Dynasty, among which the "Three Kingdoms" is the main, with the highest priority, followed by the "Book of Wei", after all, the "Book of Wei" is official, the authority is still there, and finally the "Fu Zi".

In the content of "Fu Zi" about Guo Jia, we have to make trade-offs, and the contradictions with the "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of Wei" can be discarded, that is, the second and fourth places are directly ignored, and the fifth place can be used as a reference.

Other aspects are not too problematic and can be safely cited.