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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Guan Yu | 關羽 | Guan Yu |
| Personal name | Guan Yu | 關羽 | Guan Yu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- 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 220Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 時以為踰於關羽。 · Western Interval: Start: AD 200 · End: AD 219Explicit · weishu:030:s0170
- Source Date: Text: 權與呂蒙謀襲關羽 · Western Year: AD 219Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:063:s0018, sanguozhi:063:s0020
Career and standing
- Status: captivity · Action: enteredExplicit · sanguozhi:063:s0029
Places and affiliations
- Place: Wheat Castle / Mai Cheng / 麥城 · Relation: besieged-atExplicit · sanguozhi:063:s0020
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: captured-person · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Sun Quan (孫權) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 權與呂蒙謀襲關羽 · Western Year: AD 219Explicit · sanguozhi:063:s0020, sanguozhi:063:s0029
References in the histories
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