Characters – Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Guan Xing (fl. third century), courtesy name Anguo, was an official of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Wikipedia

Cao Cao, courtesy name Mengde, was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the dynasty’s final years. Wikipedia

Lü Meng, courtesy name Ziming, was a Chinese military general and politician who served under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Early in his career, he fought in several battles under the banner of Sun Ce, Sun Quan’s elder brother and predecessor. Wikipedia

Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande, was a warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period and became its first ruler. Although he was a distant relative of the Han imperial family, Liu Bei’s father died when he was a child and left his family impoverished. Wikipedia

Sima Zhao, courtesy name Zishang, was a Chinese military general, politician, and regent of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Wikipedia

Taishi Ci, courtesy name Ziyi, was a Chinese military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He had served as a minor Han official, before eventually coming to serve warlords Liu Yao, Sun Ce, and Sun Ce’s successor Sun Quan. Wikipedia

Zhuge Ke, courtesy name Yuanxun, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the eldest son of Zhuge Jin, a military general who served under Wu’s founding emperor, Sun Quan. Wikipedia

Yan Yan was a Chinese military general and politician who served under Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province, during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Wikipedia

Yang Yi, courtesy name Weigong, was an official of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Wikipedia

Wen Ping, courtesy name Zhongye, was a military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China. Wikipedia

Xu Huang, courtesy name Gongming, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He later served in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period under the first two rulers, Cao Pi and Cao Rui, before his death at the start of Cao Rui’s reign. Wikipedia

Sima Hui, courtesy name Decao and pseudonym Shuijing, was a hermit who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Wikipedia

Zhou Yu, courtesy name Gongjin, was a Chinese military general and strategist serving under the warlord Sun Ce in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. After Sun Ce died in the year 200, he continued serving under Sun Quan, Sun Ce’s younger brother and successor. Wikipedia

Wen Chou was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. His force was defeated by that of rival warlord Cao Cao in the Battle of Yan Ford and he was killed in the midst of battle. Wikipedia

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