A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chia Ch'ung
319 Chia Ch'ung 賈充 (T. 公閭). A.D. 217-282. A native of Hsiang-ling, whose father, Chia K'uei, predicted that he would some day 充 fill 閭 the village with congratulations. He inherited the title of Marquis, and held civil and military appointments. He attached himself to 司馬師 Ssŭ-ma Shih, who engrossed all power in Wei, and afterwards to his brother Ssŭ-ma Chao; and in A.D. 260 he fought the last Emperor of the Wei dynasty when he tried to leave the palace to slay Chia's patron, and urged one of his followers to kill him. In 264 he pressed the claims of Ssŭ-ma Yen to succeed his father Ssŭ-ma Chao, and consequently the founder of the Chin dynasty greatly trusted him, and raised him to be Duke of Lu and Prime Minister. He then drew up a new law code which was favourably received by the people. In 280 the attack upon Wu, which he had at first deprecated, was crowned under his leadership with such perfect success that he actually fell ill from shame. He was succeeded by his daughter's son, 韓謐 Han Mi (see Chia Mi), his jealous wife having compassed the death of two nurses whom she suspected of undue familiarity with their master, and thus caused his only two boys to pine away and die. Though an able Minister and a clever writer, posterity has ranked him among the traitors of his country. He was canonised as 武, some suggesting that 荒 would be more appropriate.