Yi Ji, style name

Chinese style name

A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name , is a given name to be used later in life. After 20 years of age, the zì is assigned in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood and respect...

 Boji (伯機), was a minister of Shu Han

Shu Han

Shu Han was one of the three states competing for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period, after the fall of the Han Dynasty. The state was based on areas around Sichuan, which was then known as Shu...

 during the late Han Dynasty

Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...

 and Three Kingdoms

Three Kingdoms

The Three Kingdoms period was a period in Chinese history, part of an era of disunity called the "Six Dynasties" following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty rulers. In a strict academic sense it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the...

 period of Chinese history

History of China

Chinese civilization originated in various regional centers along both the Yellow River and the Yangtze River valleys in the Neolithic era, but the Yellow River is said to be the Cradle of Chinese Civilization. With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest...

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Yi Ji was introduced to Liu Bei

Liu Bei

Liu Bei , also known as Liu Xuande, was a warlord, military general and later the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history...

 by Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang was a chancellor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He is often recognised as the greatest and most accomplished strategist of his era....

, among with Sima Hui

Sima Hui

Sima Hui, style names Decao and Shuijing , was a hermit who lived during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was from Yingchuan , and lived in northern Jing Province...

, Ma Liang

Ma Liang

Ma Liang , style name Jichang , sometimes known as Baimei , was an advisor to the warlord Liu Bei during the late Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history.-Biography:...

 and other scholars who refused to serve in Liu Biao

Liu Biao

Liu Biao , style name Jingsheng , was a warlord and the governor of Jing Province during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was a member of the extended family of the Han Dynasty emperors...

's regime. Yi Ji, like other scholars such as Sima Hui and Ma Liang at the time, were not satisfied with Liu Biao's reign and despite the latter's repeated invitations, Yi Ji and the others refused to serve Liu Biao and remained as civilians. After Zhuge Liang became Liu Bei's most trusted subject, one of his accomplishment was to recommend Sima Hui, Ma Liang, Yi Ji, and others to come to serve under Liu Bei, and since these scholars respected both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, all of them agreed to serve in Liu Bei

Liu Bei

Liu Bei , also known as Liu Xuande, was a warlord, military general and later the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history...

's regime. Yi Ji was very skilled with his words, and he eventually became one of the five people who constituted the "Shu Ke" (蜀科), the law for Shu Han, the others being Zhuge Liang, Li Yan

Li Yan

Li Yan , style name Zhengfang , was a political figure and military general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. Li Yan climbed to the zenith of his career when he was asked by Shu emperor Liu Bei to be the military paramountcy and co-regent along Zhuge Liang for his son...

, Fa Zheng

Fa Zheng

Fa Zheng , style name Xiaozhi , was an advisor to the warlord Liu Bei during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history....

, and Liu Ba

Liu Ba

Liu Ba , style name Zichu , was a minister serving under the warlord Liu Zhang during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. Out of his profound loyalty to Liu Zhang, he did not surrender to Liu Bei when seized Yi Province from Liu Zhang. However, Liu Ba ended up later joining Liu Bei...

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In fiction

In Luo Guanzhong

Luo Guanzhong

Luo Ben , better known by his style name Luo Guanzhong , was a Chinese writer of the early Ming Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was also known as Huhai Sanren...

's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel based on the events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history, starting in 169 and ending with the reunification of the land in...

, Yi Ji has the courtesy name Jibo (機伯) instead, and was described to be originally a strategist serving under Liu Biao

Liu Biao

Liu Biao , style name Jingsheng , was a warlord and the governor of Jing Province during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was a member of the extended family of the Han Dynasty emperors...

 until he secretly went against his master to warn Liu Bei

Liu Bei

Liu Bei , also known as Liu Xuande, was a warlord, military general and later the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history...

 about the "hex mark" horse and the assassination plot of Cai Mao

Cai Mao

Cai Mao was a military general specializing in naval warfare during the late Han Dynasty era of Chinese history. He was from Xiangyang in Jing Province and originally served the warlord Liu Biao before joining Cao Cao's forces. He gained his status when his sister married Liu Biao.Cai Mao initially...

. Following the death of Liu Biao, Yi Ji officially became a subject of Liu Bei.

See also

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms