Qin and Han · Warlord

Yuan Shao 袁绍

Yuán Shào

Died AD 202

Passages: 11
Chapters: 5
Histories: 5

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Shao as an aristocrat, general, official, and warlord. This record brings together 11 passages from 5 chapters across 5 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yuan Shao	袁绍	Yuán Shào
Given	Shao	绍	Shào
Surname	Yuan	袁	Yuan
Personal name	Yuan Shao	袁	Yuan Shao
Personal name	Yuan Shao		Yuan Shao
Personal name	Yuan Shao	袁紹	Yuan Shao
Personal name	Yuan Shao	袁紹	Yuán Shào

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0117, sanguozhi:062:s0091, songshu:089:s0002
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:359:s0175

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died / 死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建安七年夏 · Western Year: AD 202
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0146

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中平六年 · Western Year: AD 189
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0117
Source Date: Text: 建安七年夏 · Western Year: AD 202
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0146
Source Date: Text: 建安五年十月 · Western Year: AD 200
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0143, houhanshu:113:s0144
Source Date: Text: 曹操、袁紹戰於官渡 · Western Year: AD 200
Explicit · songshi:359:s0175
Source Date: Text: 袁 · Western Interval: Start: AD 190 · End: AD 202
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0067
Source Date: Text: 遠子捨袁就曹 · Western Year: AD 200
Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0091
Source Date: Text: 齊永明元年追述 · Western Year: AD 200
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:089:s0121

Career and standing

Label: Colonel Director of Retainers / 司隶校尉 · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0117, houhanshu:113:s0122

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: active-in
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0117
Place: Jizhou / 冀州 · Relation: held
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0144

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-by · Other Person Id: Cao Cao (曹操) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建安五年十一月 · Western Year: AD 200
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0145

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 113Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three · 5 passages

中平六年，官车晏驾，大将军何进令司隶校尉袁绍私募兵千余人，阴跱雒阳城外，窃呼并州牧董卓使将兵至京都，共诛中官，对战南、北宫阙下，死者数千人，燔烧宫室，迁都西京。 In Zhongping 6 the emperor died; He Jin ordered Yuan Shao as colonel director of retainers to raise a thousand picked troops outside Luoyang and secretly call Dong Zhuo from Bingzhou; the plot to slaughter the eunuchs ignited fighting at the palace gates, thousands fell, the halls went up in flames, and the court fled west.

至六年，司隶校尉袁绍诛灭中官，大将军部曲将吴匡攻杀车骑将军何苗，死者数千人。 By Zhongping 6 Yuan Shao had extirpated the eunuchs, while Wu Kuang, an officer of He Jin’s guard, cut down He Miao the chariot-and-cavalry general—several thousand died in the melee.

时袁绍在冀州。 Yuan Shao then held Jizhou.

其年十一月，绍军为曹公所破。 In the eleventh month Cao Cao shattered Yuan Shao’s host.

七年夏，绍死，后曹公遂取冀州。 Shao died the next summer, and Cao Cao soon seized Jizhou.

Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage

淹對曰：「昔項強而劉弱，袁衆而曹寡，羽號令諸侯，卒受一劍之辱，紹跨躡四州，終爲奔北之虜。 Yan answered, "Once Xiang Yu was strong and Liu Bang weak, Yuan Shao had numbers and Cao Cao few; Yu ruled the lords yet died by one sword, Yuan held four provinces yet fled north in defeat.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 62Volume 62: Book of Wu 17: Biographies of Shi Yi and Hu Zong · 2 passages

其三曰：“昔遠子捨袁就曹，規畫計較，應見納受，遂破袁軍，以定曹業。 The third reads: "When Xu You left Yuan Shao for Cao Cao, his counsel was heeded, Yuan's host was broken, and Cao's power was secured.

向使曹氏不信子遠，懷疑猶豫，不決於心，則今天下袁氏有也。 Had Cao Cao doubted Xu You and hesitated, the realm would belong to the Yuans today.

History of Song, Chapter 359Volume 359 Biographies 118: Li Gang 2 · 2 passages

曹操、袁紹戰於官渡，操雖兵弱糧乏，荀彧止其退避； When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought at Guandu, though Cao's army was weak and supplies short, Xun Yu dissuaded him from retreat.

既焚紹輜重，紹引而歸，遂喪河北。 Once Yuan Shao's supply train was burned and he withdrew homeward, he lost all of Hebei.

Book of Song, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can · 1 passage

齊永明元年，詔曰：「昔魏矜袁紹，恩給丘墳； In the first year of Yongming under Qi, an edict said: "Formerly Wei showed pity for Yuan Shao and bestowed favor on his mound and tomb;