Jiǎng Wǎn jí 蔣琬集
Collected Writings of Jiang Wan (Reconstructed) by 蔣琬 (撰)
About the work
A very small reconstructed collection (jíyìběn 輯佚本) of official writings attributed to Jiǎng Wǎn 蔣琬 (d. 246 CE), the regent and senior minister of Shǔ-Hàn 蜀漢 who succeeded Zhūgě Liàng 諸葛亮. Only a single juǎn survives, comprising two short texts preserved in the Sānguó zhì: the 〈承命疏〉 (Memorial Acknowledging Orders), a strategic document on Shǔ-Hàn military policy advocating coordinated action with Wu and proposing Jiāng Wéi 姜維 as commander in Liángzhōu 涼州; and the 〈薦董允表〉 (Memorial Recommending Dǒng Yǔn), recommending his colleague for promotion.
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This text is an extra-catalog reconstruction not included in the Sìkù quánshū 四庫全書.
Abstract
Jiǎng Wǎn 蔣琬 (d. 246; zì Gōngyǎn 公琰; CBDB id 27318; CBDB records d. 245, but Sānguó zhì Shǔzhì 44 gives 246) was the principal Shǔ-Hàn regent in the decade following Zhūgě Liàng’s death in 234 CE. Native of Língling 零陵, Xiānghán 湘漢 (modern Húnán). He rose through the chancery as one of Zhūgě Liàng’s most trusted subordinates, becoming Chángshǐ 長史 (Grand Counsellor) and then Dà Sīmǎ 大司馬 (Grand Marshal). He maintained Shǔ-Hàn’s northern policy while avoiding the costly large-scale campaigns that had worn down the state, preferring smaller targeted operations and naval approaches via the Hàn 漢 River. His biography is in Sānguó zhì, Shǔzhì 44.
The 〈承命疏〉 preserved in this collection represents his strategic thinking: it advocates for coordinated action with Wú 吳, criticizes Jiāng Wéi’s record but endorses him for the Liángzhōu mission, and reflects the exhaustion of six years of continuous operations. The 〈薦董允表〉 is a brief recommendation of Hòuzhǔ 後主’s palace administrator Dǒng Yǔn 董允 for ennobling.
No bibliographic catalogue records a separate Jiǎng Wǎn jí; these fragments survive only in the Sānguó zhì annotations (Jiǎng Wǎn zhuàn 蔣琬傳 and Dǒng Yǔn zhuàn 董允傳). The collection as assembled here is minimal — essentially two quotations — but documents an important stage of Shǔ-Hàn strategic deliberation.
Translations and research
No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- Wikipedia: Jiang Wan