Real name: Xi Jian
Nickname: Xi Gong
Font size: Zi Dao Hui
Era: Jin Dynasty
Ethnic group: Han
Main works: "Calamity Notes", "Shangshu Abdicated the Throne", "Zhou Zhajia's Gift Proposal"
Main achievements: pacified Zu Yue and Su Jun's Rebellion, guarding Jingkou, and reconciling the government
Place of Birth: Jinxiang, Gaoping
Official Position: Taiwei
Title: Duke of Nanchang County
Posthumous gift: Dazai
Posthumous title: Wencheng
Allusion: Introduction to Xi Gong’s character Xi Jian
Xi (xī) Jian (269 years - 339), named Dao Hui. A native of Jinxiang, Gaoping (now Jinxiang County, Shandong Province). An important minister and calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he was the great-great-grandson of Xi Liu, the censor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Xi Jian was lonely and poor when he was young, but he was well-read in classics, plowed and chanted, and was famous for his Qing etiquette and elegance, so he should not be named by the court. During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, he served as the Prince's Zhongsheren and Zhongshu's Assistant Minister. During the Yongjia Rebellion, people gathered to take refuge in Yishan. Later, he was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou by Sima Rui, King of Langxie. In the early years of Yongchang, he entered the court and served as the leading general, Anxi general, Shangshu Ling and other positions. He participated in the pacification of Wang Dun's Rebellion and Su Jun's Rebellion, and together with Wang Dao and Bian Yi, he received the imperial edict to assist the Jin emperor. Tired of being an official, Si Kong and Shizhong were granted the title of Duke of Nanchang County. In the fourth year of Xiankang (338), he paid homage to Taiwei. He refused Yu Liang's suggestion to abolish Wang Dao and prevented the gentry struggle in the court. In the fifth year of Xiankang (339), Xi Jian died at the age of seventy-one. He was given the gift of Dazai and was given the posthumous title "Wencheng". Xi Jian worked in calligraphy, and the current "Disaster Calligraphy" is stored in the "Chunhua Pavilion Calligraphy". The original collection of ten volumes has been lost. His works are recorded in "Quan Jin Wen".