邓羲 / Deng Xi (late Han)

Overview

邓羲 / Deng Xi (late Han) is a Jingzhou adviser whose rejected warning under 刘表 is followed by renewed office under 曹操.

Current Profile

Hanji 1027 presents Deng Xi as Liu Biao’s governing aide who warns that accepting captured-court titles while remaining close to 袁绍 will turn 荆州 into an exposed buffer. Liu Biao dismisses the warning, after which Deng Xi falls silent and withdraws on illness grounds.

Hanji 1095 supplies the later reversal. After Cao Cao takes Jingzhou, he appoints Deng Xi palace attendant. The two episodes together make Deng Xi a failed-feedback case under one regime and an absorbed local adviser under its successor.

Key Characteristics

• Warns Liu Biao against unstable double alignment.
• Withdraws after his remonstrance is rejected.
• Marks a broken feedback channel inside Liu Biao’s government.
• Receives appointment as palace attendant after Cao Cao takes Jingzhou.

Evidence

• Failed warning: Hanji 1027 records Deng Xi’s remonstrance and withdrawal.
• New appointment: Hanji 1095 says Cao Cao appoints Deng Xi palace attendant.

Qualifications

The current evidence is limited to the alignment warning and later appointment. It does not establish the full interval, duties, or later career.

What Changed

• Migrated the page to synthesis-v1.
• Added Hanji 1095’s post-conquest appointment.

Relationships

• 刘表 - ruler who rejects Deng Xi’s strategic warning.
• 曹操 - successor power who appoints him.
• 荆州 - regional field whose exposure Deng Xi identifies.
• 骑墙式战略暴露 - risk named by his warning.
• 行势情战略评估 - broader frame for judging alignment and timing.