Qin and Han · General

Guan Yu 關羽

Attested AD 200 - AD 220

Passages
8
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Guan Yu as a general. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guan Yu 關羽 Guan Yu
Personal name Guan Yu 關羽 Guan Yu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 呂蒙圖襲關羽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 219 · End: AD 220
    Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 時以為踰於關羽。 · Western Interval: Start: AD 200 · End: AD 219
    Explicit · weishu:030:s0170
  • Source Date: Text: 權與呂蒙謀襲關羽 · Western Year: AD 219
    Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:063:s0018, sanguozhi:063:s0020

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

  • Place: Wheat Castle / Mai Cheng / 麥城 · Relation: besieged-at

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 62Volume 62: Book of Wu 17: Biographies of Shi Yi and Hu Zong · 2 passages
Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 63Volume 63: Book of Wu 18: Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da · 5 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 1 passage