[ One of the Ten Regular Attendants. Killed by fellow eunuch Guo Sheng.
Officer Details
Wade-Giles: Chien Shuo
Simplified Chinese: 蹇硕
Pronunciation: Jian3 Shi2
Cantonese (Yale): Gin Sek
Cantonese (Jyutpin): Gin Sek
Birthplace: Yingchuan
Name Notes: The character 碩 can also be translated as Shi and in some academic sources this is considered to be the standard translation (e.g. anything by Rafe de Crespigny). We are using Jian Shuo because that is the most commonly used Romanization.
Rank and Titles
Junior Attendant of the Yellow Gates; Colonel of the First Army
Fact vs. Fiction
Differences Between Fact and Common Fiction
- Was executed by He Jin after his plot was exposed rather then murdered by Guo Sheng.
Literary Appearances
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 1, 2
Hou Han shu: 8