生平

擔任過黃門侍郎、漢陽太守，先後官拜議郎、中郎將等官職，最後成為荊州的武陵太守。後來劉備在赤壁之戰後，推薦劉琦擔任荊州刺史，又南征荊州四郡。像秋風掃落葉一般，長沙太守韓玄、桂陽太守趙範、零陵太守劉度都望風而降。於《三輔決錄注》記載金旋本人則在對抗劉備的侵略中戰死，武陵郡亦成為劉備治下領地；但於《三國志》記載其與另外三位太守投靠劉備，結局相當矛盾。

人物結局

至於其結局，尚有疑問。《三國志·蜀書·先主傳》中記載：「先主表琦為荊州刺史，又南征四郡。武陵太守金旋、長沙太守韓玄、桂陽太守趙範、零陵太守劉度皆降。」此記載表明金旋投降了劉備。

但同時在此處，裴松之有註：「三輔決錄注曰：金旋字元機，京兆人，曆位黃門郎、漢陽太守，徵拜議郎，遷中郎將，領武陵太守，為備所攻劫死。子禕，事見魏武本紀。」就是說，金旋被劉備的軍隊殺死。

兩種記載有衝突，「為備所攻劫死」與「降」是無法共存、或者是有先後關係的。

野史及演義中的金旋

在第五十三回以武陵太守的身分登場，面對劉備所派遣的遠征軍統帥張飛，雖然自身力主抗戰，但麾下從事鞏志（虛構三國人物）卻勸諫金旋投降。與張飛交戰失利後撤退於城門前，遭到鞏志背叛，被其一箭射中面門，墜馬戰死。

於《三國志平話》更名為金族，為金陵（原零陵）太守，欲要攻打諸葛亮，有屬下黃忠（原黃忠屬韓玄(平話寫成韓國忠）），諸葛亮派魏延，張飛，關羽去跟黃忠鬥將都不分勝負。後來龐統聽黃忠說其是江南賊，金族對其恩厚，若金族在世的話就以死報恩，否則就投靠劉備。後來金族跟諸葛亮交戰時，諸葛亮射殺了金族，黃忠來報仇，亮命魏延，張飛，關羽和另一位無名將軍與黃忠戰，無名將軍被黃忠斬下馬，因此諸葛亮叫三將與其停戰，以好話成功說服黃忠，因此金族被黃忠所葬。

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Life

Jin Xuan was a descendant of Jin Midi and was from Jingzhao Commandery (京兆郡; around present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi). He held several appointments in Han central government, including Gentleman of the Yellow Gate (黃門侍郎), Consultant (議郎) and General of the Household (中郎將), before serving as the Administrator (太守) of Wuling Commandery (武陵郡; around present-day Changde, Hunan).

After the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208, the warlord Liu Bei set off to attack the four commanderies in southern Jing Province, namely Changsha, Guiyang, Lingling and Wuling. The Sanfu Juelu zhu (三輔決錄注) mentioned that Jin Xuan was killed in battle and Wuling Commandery became part of Liu Bei's territories, but the Sanguozhi recorded that the Administrators of the four commanderies surrendered to Liu Bei.

Family

Jin Xuan had a son, Jin Yi (金禕), whose courtesy name was Deyi (德禕). In 218, Jin Yi, along with Ji Ben, Geng Ji (耿紀), Wei Huang (韋晃) and others, started a rebellion in Xu (許; present-day Xuchang, Henan) against the warlord Cao Cao and injured Wang Bi (王必), an official serving under Cao Cao. The rebellion was eventually suppressed by Wang Bi and a general Yan Kuang (嚴匡). All the conspirators, including Jin Yi, were rounded up and executed.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Jin Xuan appears in chapter 53 of the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms as the Administrator of Wuling Commandery. At that time, Liu Bei sent his general Zhang Fei to attack Wuling Commandery. Jin Xuan wanted to resist the invaders but his Assistant Officer, Gong Zhi, advised him to surrender. The following day, Jin Xuan fought with Zhang Fei outside the city but was defeated and forced to retreat. However, he was betrayed by Gong Zhi, who killed him with an arrow shot to the face. Gong Zhi later surrendered Wuling to Zhang Fei.