Xi Jian

Xi Jian (269 – 8 October 339), courtesy name Daohui, was a Chinese military general of the Jin dynasty (266–420). As a refugee leader in the north at the time of the Disaster of Yongjia, he later fled south to escape the encroaching Later Zhao dynasty and join the Eastern Jin, where he quickly became an important pillar of the dynasty through his contributions during the rebellions of Wang Dun and Su Jun. Among the refugee commanders of his time, he was one of the very few to be trusted by the imperial court, and by the end of his life, he formed part of a triumvirate within the Jin government that consisted of him and two other top-ranking ministers, Yu Liang and Wang Dao. His name can be rendered as Chi Jian.