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Xu Chu (Xǔ Chǔ)

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Xu Chu (許褚), courtesy name Zhongkang, was a native of Yu County (谯郡谯县; present-day Ancient Town, Bozhou City, Anhui). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's subordinates were fierce generals.

Majestic in appearance and courageous. In the early years, thousands of families of relatives and friends were gathered to resist the thieves. Later, he led the people to submit to Cao Cao. He was responsible for Cao Cao's escort work, and was given the title of "Tiger Marquis" (虎侯).

In the Battle of Tongguan, Xu Chu scared off Ma Chao. He was cautious in his pursuit of the law, and therefore refused Cao Ren's invitation. When Cao Cao died, he cried until he vomited blood.

After Emperor Cao Pi of Wei ascended the throne, he moved the general Wu Wei and was enthroned as the Marquis of Banzai Ting, responsible for the security of the palace. When The Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, he was enthroned as the Marquis of Mouxiang and died in office, with the posthumous title of Zhuang.

Cao Pi (Cáo Pī)

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Emperor Wen of Wei (曹丕) (187–226), courtesy name Zihuan, was a native of PeiGuo County (沛国谯县; present-day Bozhou, Anhui). Politician and writer of the Three Kingdoms period, founding emperor of Cao Wei (reigned 220-226). He was the son of Emperor Cao Cao of Weiwu and his mother was Empress Bian of Wuxuan.

Cao Pi was both literate and martial, extensive in the scriptures, well versed in the hundred schools of thought, and heavily relocated to the five senses of the General Lang. In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), he became the son of the State of Wei. In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), he succeeded him as chancellor and king of Wei. In the same year, he ascended the throne, ending more than four hundred years of han rule and establishing the state of Wei. During his reign, he adopted the opinions of the official Shangshu Chen Qun and formulated and implemented the Nine-Pin Zhongzheng system, which became the main system of electing officials during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, pacified the separatist forces around Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and finally completed the unification of the northern region. The outside world calmed down the border troubles, repelled the Xianbei, and repaired with the Xiongnu, The Qiang, and other foreign yi, and resumed the establishment in the western region.

In the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty (226), Cao Pi died of illness in Luoyang at the age of forty, with the title of Wen and the temple name Shizu, and was buried in the Shouyang Mausoleum. Cao Pi was accomplished in poetry, fu, and literature, and was good at five-character poetry, and together with his father Cao Cao and brother Cao Zhi, he was called "Jian'an Sancao", and now has two volumes of the Collected Works of Emperor Wen of Wei. He is the author of "Classic Theory", in which "TheSis" is the first systematic literary criticism monograph in the history of Chinese literature.

步骘(Bù Zhì)

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Bu Qi (?) –247), courtesy name Zishan, was a native of Huaiyin County, Linhuai County (present-day Huaiyin District, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province). During the Three Kingdoms period, wu was a heavy subject.

In his early years, he took refuge and entered Jiangdong, where he served as the chief of the general Sun Quan . He successively served as the governor of Haiyan County, the che riding Ofdong Cao, the zhizhong of Xuzhou, and the taishou of Poyang. In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), he served as an envoy, a general of The Southern Zhonglang, and an assassin of Jiaozhou. Pingding Jiaozhou had meritorious service, added the rank of general of Pingrong, was crowned marquis of Guangxin, moved to the right general, left protector, and was crowned marquis of Linxiang County. Sun Quan was proclaimed empress dowager, and he worshiped the generals of The Hun Horse, the Pastor of Jizhou, and the governor of Xiling. He has a broad temperament and has been stationed in Xiling for twenty years, and has won the hearts of the people. In the ninth year of Chi Wu (246), he served as a chancellor.

In the tenth year of Chi wu (247), Bu Qi died.

Guànqiū Jiǎn

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Yuqiu Jian (?) –255), courtesy name Yuqiu (毌丘), courtesy name Zhonggong, was a native of Wenxi County, Hedong (present-day Wenxi County, Shanxi). During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei was a general and literary scholar who would be the son of the great master Yu Qiuxing.

Yuqiu Jian initially attacked his father as marquis of Gaoyang Township. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Wei, he served as the Marquis of Pingyuan (曹叡) literary warrior and formed a deep friendship. After Emperor Wei Ming ascended the throne, he successively held important positions such as Shang Shulang, Yulin Supervisor, and Luoyang Diannong Zhonglang, and his career was smooth. He persuaded Emperor Ming of Wei to build a palace in a big way, served as the assassin of Jingzhou, and participated in the defense of the frontier. General Qiandu Liao, Lieutenant Hu Wuhuan, and Assassin of Youzhou. In the last year of the Jing Dynasty, he cooperated with Sima Yi of Taifu to attack Gongsun Yuan, who had divided Liaodong, and entered the marquis of Anyi. During the first year, he went out on two expeditions to destroy the Goguryeo Kingdom, conquered the Korean Peninsula, and added the number of left generals, serving as the general of Zhennan and the assassin of Yuzhou. After the Battle of Dongxing, he moved to Zhendong and the governor of Yangzhou, repelled Fu Zhuge Ke, the taifu of the State of Wu, and added the position of General of Zhendong. In the second year of zhengyuan (255), dissatisfied with the deposing of the Wei emperor Cao Fang and the killing of his friends Xiahou Xuan and Li Feng, he raised an army to resist, and finally lost his army and was killed on the way to escape.

Yiqiu Jian was knowledgeable and talented, proficient in poetry, and was a famous poet of the Wei and Jin dynasties, whose representative works include "Chenglu Panfu", "Chenglu Panming", "Answer Du Zhi", "Sin Sima Shi Table", and the collection includes two volumes of "Anthology" and three volumes of "Ji".

Liu Chan (Liú Shàn)

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Liu Chan (207–271), male, Han Chinese, also known as Emperor Huai of shu Han, also known as Hou Lord, Zi Gong Si, nicknamed Ah Dou. The last emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty (reigned 223-263) during the Three Kingdoms period, the son of Liu Bei, the emperor of The Han Dynasty, and his mother was Empress Gan of the Zhaolie.

Liu Chan was born in Jingzhou in his early years, and suffered many disasters, but was fortunately saved by the general Zhao Yun. After Liu Bei attacked Yizhou and established the Shu Han Dynasty, he was made crown prince. In the third year of Zhang Wu (223), he succeeded to the throne as emperor with the era name Jianxing, trusted his father Zhuge Liang, and supported the Northern Expedition. In the later period, he ignored the government and favored the eunuch Huang Hao, and the national strength weakened. In the sixth year of Jing Yao (263), the Wei general Sima Zhao sent Zhong Hui and Deng Ai to attack Shu, and Liu Chan surrendered to Deng Ai. After the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Chan was given the title of Duke of Anle, and the Shu Han ministers were moved to Luoyang to live.

In the seventh year of the Western Jin Dynasty (271), Liu Chan died in Luoyang at the age of sixty-five, with the posthumous name Si. In the last year of the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Yuan of han Zhao declared himself emperor and posthumously honored Liu Chan as emperor of xiaohuai in the Han Dynasty.