陈就 / Chen Jiu (late Han)

Overview

陈就 / Chen Jiu is 黄祖’s naval commander in the 208 CE defense of 江夏郡, killed by 吕蒙 after Wu breaches the barrier at 沔口.

Current Profile

The current evidence supplies one campaign role rather than a full biography. Hanji 1085 says Huang Zu sends Chen Jiu’s naval force after 董袭 cuts the anchored warships loose and opens the river approach. Lyu Meng then kills Chen Jiu, turning the broken barrier into wider collapse and clearing the way for the attack on Xiakou.

Key Characteristics

• Serves as Huang Zu’s naval commander in the Jiangxia defense.
• Enters the battle after Wu breaks the fixed Mian Kou ship barrier.
• Is killed by Lyu Meng in the ensuing naval action.
• Marks the transition from obstacle breach to the collapse of organized resistance in the episode’s account.

Evidence

• Command role: Hanji 1085 identifies Chen Jiu as the commander Huang Zu sends to meet the Wu advance.
• Death in battle: Hanji 1085 says Lyu Meng personally kills Chen Jiu and displays his head, raising Wu morale.
• Operational position: Hanji 1085 places the encounter after Dong Xi cuts the barrier’s moorings and before Xiakou falls.

Qualifications

The source gives no independent biography, prior command history, exact force size, or detailed chronology for Chen Jiu. The beheading and morale effect remain bounded to this popular-history retelling pending primary-text verification.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 1085’s Jiangxia naval battle.

Relationships

• 黄祖 - superior who orders Chen Jiu to oppose the Wu advance.
• 吕蒙 - opposing commander credited with killing him.
• 沔口 - chokepoint where the barrier breach precedes his counterattack.
• 江夏郡 - campaign area whose defense he serves.
• 董袭 - opponent whose cable-cutting opens the approach before Chen Jiu enters the battle.