《三国志》 / Sanguozhi

Hanji 971 introduces 《三国志》 as one of the source traditions for 曹嵩遇害. In the episode’s presentation, this line says 陶谦 resents 曹操’s attack on 徐州 and sends cavalry to kill 曹嵩 and 曹德.

The wiki treats this as a source-critical attribution, not as a final adjudication. Its political weight lies in direct agency: if Tao Qian sends the killers, Cao Cao’s Xuzhou campaign reads more straightforwardly as retaliation for a political murder, even if the later 徐州屠杀 remains disproportionate civilian violence.

Connections

• 曹嵩遇害 - event where this source tradition matters.
• 陶谦, 曹嵩, 曹德, and 曹操 - actors whose responsibility and response change under this attribution.
• 《后汉书》 - contrasting version that foregrounds 张闿’s robbery.
• 史书异文政治重量 and 盗贼行刺归因 - source-reading frames.