Jia Chong (217 – 19 May 282[4]), courtesy name Gonglü, was a Chinese politician who lived during the late Three Kingdoms period and early Jin dynasty of China.
In 257, Sima Zhao sent him to probe the general Zhuge Dan's intentions should he decided to usurp the Wei throne.
Zhuge Dan, then stationed at Shouchun, rebuked Jia Chong when the latter incessantly praised Sima Zhao in front of him.
After Jia Chong returned to the capital Luoyang, he warned Sima Zhao that Zhuge Dan would most likely be unwilling to submit to his regency.
Sima Zhao therefore summoned Zhuge Dan back to the capital, forcing him to start a rebellion that was quickly crushed.
When forces led by Sima Zhao's brother Sima Zhou quickly collapsed against Cao Mao's forces, it was Jia Chong who was willing to stand against the emperor and who further ordered his subordinate, Cheng Ji (成濟), to take any measure to defeat the emperor and his loyalists.
Sima Zhao considered the matter for more than 10 days, eventually resolving to kill Cheng Ji (and his clan) but sparing Jia Chong, not wanting to execute someone who had been so loyal to him.
[7] Jia Chong also played a key role in Sima Zhao's suppression of Zhong Hui's rebellion in 264.
[8] As a loyal subject of the Sima family, Jia continued to be an important figure in the Jin government.
In 271, Ren Kai and Yu Chun were able to persuade Emperor Wu to send Jia Chong to lead Jin forces to guard the Guanzhong region and fend off attacks from Di and Qiang (氐羌) rebels;[9] Jia Chong was appointed overall in charge of military affairs for the provinces of Qinzhou and Liangzhou on 17 September.
[10] Jia did not want to fight the rebels at all; he sought advice from Xun Xu (荀勖) on how to avoid being sent into battle.
[11] In 272, Jia Chong retaliated against Ren Kai and Yu Chun and succeeded in forcing them out of politics.
[15] On 16 September 276, Jia Chong was made Grand Commandant; he was replaced as Minister of Works by Sima You.
As Jia Chong wanted to pledge his loyalty to Sima Shi, he divorced Li Wan, who was sent into exile.
In February 266, when Emperor Wu ended the Cao Wei state and established the Jin dynasty, he declared a general amnesty for political prisoners under the former regime.
[18] Parents Wives and concubines: Jia Chong is first introduced as a playable character in the eighth installment of Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series.