High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Qiao Xuan (108-183, styled Gongzu ( ), of Suiyang ( ), Liang Kingdom ( ) (modern Henan). He was a high official near the end of Eastern Han. Qiao Xuan was of gentry, scholarly background. In his youth, as minor official ( gongcao), when Inspector of Yu Province Zhou Jing ( ) was passing by Liang, Qiao Xuan reported to him the crimes of Chancellor of Chen ( ) Yang Chang ( ). Zhou Jing sent Qiao Xuan to investigate. Xuan thoroughly listed Yang Chang's crimes. Because Chang was an intimate of Commander-in-Chief ( ) Liang Ji, Liang Ji sent an urgent letter to release Yang Chang. Scared, Zhou Jing called off Qiao Xuan. Qiao Xuan returned to letter, he locked up Yang Chang and sent him back to Luoyang on a prison cart. Because of that, he became famous. After that, he was nominated as suitable for office and was appointed to a minor post in Luoyang. Liang Buyi ( ), Liang Ji's brother, was Xuan superior and humiliated him. Xuan gave up his office.