Zhuge Qiao | |
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| 諸葛喬 | |
| Chief Commandant of Escorting Cavalry (駙馬都尉) | |
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| Born | c. 204[a] |
| Died | 228 (aged 24)[a] |
| Children | Zhuge Pan |
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| Occupation | Official |
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Zhuge Qiao (c. 204–228),[a]courtesy nameBosong, was an official of the state ofShu Han in theThree Kingdoms period of China. He was the adopted son ofZhuge Liang, theImperial Chancellor and regent of Shu from 223 to 234. His biological father was Zhuge Liang's elder brotherZhuge Jin, a military general of Shu's ally state,Eastern Wu.
Zhuge Qiao and his elder brotherZhuge Ke were very famous in Eastern Wu but many people felt that Zhuge Qiao was not as talented as his brother.[3]
Zhuge Liang did not have any sons initially so he requested to adopt Zhuge Qiao as his heir. Zhuge Jin sent Zhuge Qiao to Shu after seeking permission from the Wu emperorSun Quan. Zhuge Qiao became Zhuge Liang's adopted son. Zhuge Liang changed Zhuge Qiao's originalcourtesy name "Zhongshen" to "Bosong". Zhuge Qiao was appointed as a Chief Commandant of Escorting Cavalry (駙馬都尉), and he followed Zhuge Liang toHanzhong Commandery.[4] Zhuge Liang once wrote a letter to Zhuge Jin, "(Zhuge) Qiao should have returned toChengdu (the Shu capital). However, I see that the sons of the other Shu generals have inherited their fathers' legacies, so I thought we should share honour and shame together with them. I have put (Zhuge) Qiao in command of 500-600 soldiers and deployed him to the valley together with the sons of the other generals."[5]
Zhuge Qiao died in 228 at the age of 25 (byEast Asian age reckoning).[a] Zhuge Qiao's son, Zhuge Pan (諸葛攀), served in Shu as well and his highest appointment was Protector of the Army and Soaring Martial General (行護軍翊武將軍), but he also died at a young age. After Zhuge Ke and his family were massacred in Wu in acoup d'état in 253, Zhuge Pan reverted to his original lineage and travelled to Wu to continue his biological grandfather's bloodline there.[6]