PersonAD 220
Guan Yu
Liu Bei’s general, who attacked Fancheng in 219 but lost Jingzhou to Wu’s Lü Meng and was captured and killed; later worshipped as Guandi
Where they went
5 related events
The opening scene of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei swear brotherhood in a peach garden. It is not in the official history.
A scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Guan Yu, leaving Cao Cao to rejoin Liu Bei, passes five gates and slays six generals. It is not in the official history.
A scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Guan Yu, remembering past kindness, lets the defeated Cao Cao escape at Huarong Road. It is not in the official history.
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Liu Bei’s general Guan Yu besieged Wei-held Fancheng and drowned its relief army, but Wu’s Lü Meng meanwhile seized Jing Province behind him. Guan Yu was captured and killed, and the Shu–Wu alliance broke.
A scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which the physician Hua Tuo scrapes the poison from Guan Yu’s arm at Fancheng. The operation is in the history, but not Hua Tuo.
People who appear alongside
- Cao CaoAD 155 – AD 220
Chancellor and King of Wei in the late Han, who controlled Emperor Xian, defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu and unified the north, laying the foundation of Wei
- Liu BeiAD 161 – AD 223
Founding emperor of Shu Han (Emperor Zhaolie), who claimed descent from the Han house and became emperor at Chengdu in 221
- Zhang FeiAD 221
Liu Bei’s general from Zhuo Commandery, who held off Cao Cao’s cavalry at the bridge at Changban in 208; murdered by his own men in 221
- Sun QuanAD 182 – AD 252
Founding emperor of Wu (Emperor Da), who allied with Liu Bei to stop Cao Cao at Red Cliffs and became emperor in 229
Themes this person appears in
- The Three KingdomsAD 184 – AD 280
From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jin reunification — a century of Wei, Shu and Wu, the age of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan