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Kuai Liang, courtesy name Zirou, from Zhonglu in Xiangyang, Nan commandery in Jing province, was an important adviser to Liu Biao, governor of Jing province, at the end of the Eastern Han. Liu Biao praised his advice to calm the people through benevolence and righteousness as the argument of Yong Ji. His death is placed in 192 by Wikidata and before about 208 by Chinese Wikipedia.
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Xi Zheng (died 278), courtesy name Lingxian, from Yanshi in Henan and originally named Zuan, was a Shu Han official who rose to director of the secretariat and was known for his writing. He drafted the letter of surrender when Shu fell, left his family to accompany Liu Shan to Luoyang, served the Jin as magistrate of Anyang and governor of Baxi, and died in 278.
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Ma Tie (179–211) was a son of Ma Teng, a brother of Ma Chao and a general of the northwest in the Three Kingdoms period. When Ma Chao rose against Cao Cao, Cao Cao put Ma Teng and his family to death, and Ma Tie died at that time.
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Gong Zhi (鞏志) is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a staff officer under Jin Xuan, governor of Wuling. When Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei against Wuling, he urged Jin Xuan to surrender and was refused, so he shot Jin Xuan dead, led the people over to Liu Bei, and was later appointed governor of Wuling.
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Dailai Dongzhu is a fictional figure in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the younger brother of Lady Zhurong, Meng Huo's wife, and a leader of the eight fan. He recommends King Mulu and Wutu Gu, once binds Meng Huo and his wife in a false surrender, and at last submits to Shu Han with them. No personal name is attested, so the title stays.
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Hu Sanniang, in Water Margin, is the daughter of the Hu manor lord. Her nickname is Yizhangqing. Lin Chong captures her. Song Jiang later matches her with Wang Ying, and she ranks fifty-ninth on Liangshan. In the Fang La campaign Zheng Biao kills her with a stone bullet. She is posthumously titled Lady of Huayang commandery.
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Sun Li (died 250 in this entry), courtesy name Deda, was from Rongcheng in Zhuo commandery. He became minister of works under Cao Wei, with the posthumous title Marquis Jing. The Records of the Three Kingdoms do not give the year of his death.
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Hu Ban, in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is the son of the court gentleman Hu Hua. He served Wang Zhi at Xingyang, spared Guan Yu, and later joined Liu Bei as a general of the standard gate. The article says the man who reported Zhang Fei's death is also written Wu Ban. This entry dates Hu Ban's death to 234, which the article does not narrate.
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Li Feng (died 254), courtesy name Anguo, or Xuan'guo in another account, was from Dong county in Fengyi and served Cao Wei as prefect of the palace secretariat. In the second month of 254 Sima Shi killed him with the iron ring of a knife handle. This entry dates his death to 254.
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Jia Jing, in Dream of the Red Chamber, is the grandson of Duke Ning, Jia Yan, and the second son of Jia Daihua. He was a jinshi of the Yimao examination, rank 5b, but left office and title to his son Jia Zhen and practiced alchemy at the Xuanzhen temple. In chapter 63 he dies of elixir poisoning.
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Gongsun Sheng, in Water Margin, is a Daoist from Jizhou. His Daoist name is Yiqing, his nickname is the Dragon Entering the Clouds, and his star is Tianxianxing. He studied under Luo the Perfected. He joined the seizure of the birthday gift and later kept Liangshan's secrets. After Wang Qing, at Chenqiao post he recalled his teacher's words, returned to Jizhou, and did not join the Fang La campaign.
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Qiao Rui (died 197) was a general of Yuan Shu at the end of the Eastern Han, given the rank of grand general. In 197 Cao Cao marched in person, Yuan Shu fled, and Qiao Rui was among the generals left behind and killed. The cited article says he is the same man as the form written with the surname character 乔, so the title stays Qiao Rui.
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Bi Gan, of the Zi clan, from Mei in Yin-Shang, was a son of Wen Ding and an uncle of King Zhou. He rose to junior preceptor. Confucius says he died for his remonstrance. The article also records a cut-out heart, death by drowning, death in the fighting, and stele texts that would put his death more than ten years after King Zhou. This entry gives no birth or death year.
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Patriarch Subhuti, fully named Patriarch Subhuti of the Xu, is Sun Wukong's teacher in Journey to the West. He teaches the seventy-two transformations, long life, and the cloud somersault, and he forbids Wukong to reveal the school. The article gives several accounts of who he really is, so the title stays.
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Yang Biao (142–225), courtesy name Wenxian, of Huayin in Hongnong, was a minister at the end of the Eastern Han and the fourth grand commandant in the Yang line after Yang Zhen. His son was Yang Xiu. He opposed Dong Zhuo's move of the capital and later refused the commandantship offered by Cao Pi. He died in 225 at eighty-four.
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Fu Jia (209–255), courtesy name Lanshi, of Niyang in Beidi, was a master of writing under Cao Wei. He opposed a rash attack on Wu and urged Sima Shi to lead the army against Guanqiu Jian in person. The Records say he died that year at forty-seven, with the posthumous title Marquis Yuan. The encyclopedia also records the courtesy name Zhaoxian.
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The Ziwei Emperor, fully titled the Great Emperor of the Purple Tenuity of the North Pole in the Central Heaven, is one of the Four Sovereigns of Daoism and the second son of Doumu. Other accounts identify him with Lord Lao, Boyi Kao, or a reincarnation of Liu Bang, so the title stays. This entry lists him under Journey to the West.
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Lü Weihuang (died 200) was an officer of Yuan Shao at the end of the Eastern Han and a cavalry commander. At Guandu he and Chunyu Qiong escorted the grain. When Cao Cao burned Wuchao, Lü Weihuang was killed.
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Yuan Yi (died 192 in this entry), courtesy name Boye, was a cousin of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. He served as prefect of Chang'an, governor of Shanyang, and inspector of Yang province. After Yuan Shu defeated him, his own men killed him as he fled toward Pei. The article marks 192 with a question mark.
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Shi Jin, in Water Margin, is the young master of Shi manor in Huayin county. His nickname is Nine Dragons and his star name is Tianweixing. He ranks twenty-third on Liangshan. He studied under Wang Jin. After the amnesty, in the Fang La campaign, he died at Yuling Pass in Muzhou under Pang Wanchun's arrow.
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Emperor Daizong of Tang (727 – 779), emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
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Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng (1530 – 1600), pseudonym of the author of Jin Ping Mei.
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Hongzhi Emperor (1470 – 1505), 10th emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1470–1505).
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Yu Quan (? – 258), military general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
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Hongxi Emperor (1378 – 1425), emperor of the Ming Dynasty from 1424 to 1425.
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Liu Xianglian is a young man of a hereditary family in Dream of the Red Chamber, nicknamed the Cold Gentleman and a friend of Jia Baoyu. He agreed to marry You Sanjie, broke it off after a rumor, and left with a Daoist after she killed herself.
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Zhen Baoyu, in Dream of the Red Chamber, is the son of Zhen Yingjia. He shares Jia Baoyu's name and is one year younger. He does not appear in the first eighty chapters. The cited article also says he later turned to an official career and parted from Jia Baoyu on bad terms.
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Xiahou Xuan (209–254), courtesy name Taichu, was a leading Cao Wei official and the son of Xiahou Shang. In 254 he was executed after Li Feng's plot to make him regent, and he did not change color at the execution.
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Yan Gang (died 192) was an officer of Gongsun Zan at the end of the Eastern Han and was made inspector of Ji province. At the battle of Jieqiao he led the cavalry vanguard and was killed by Qu Yi on Yuan Shao's side.
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Xiahou Jie is a commander beside Cao Cao in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In chapter 42, at Changban, Zhang Fei's roar frightens him off his horse and he dies. This entry dates his death to 208. Some Ming editions write the name as Xiahou Ba.
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Jiao Da is an old servant of the Ningguo house in Dream of the Red Chamber. He once followed Duke Ning, Jia Yan, on campaign, and in chapter 7 he got drunk and shouted abuse at the household.
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Wei Dingguo is the militia commander of Lingzhou in Water Margin, called the Divine Fire General. He defended Daming, later joined Liangshan, and died in an ambush during the campaign against Fang La.
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Wu Yong (died 1124), courtesy name Xuejiu and nicknamed the Star of Wisdom, is the Liangshan strategist in Water Margin. He is from Dongxi village in Yuncheng county, Jizhou.
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Zhu Changluo (1582–26 September 1620) was the fourteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty. His temple name was Guangzong and his era name was Taichang. He reigned for one month.
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Jinhuan Sanjie (died 225) is a fictional officer of Meng Huo in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, from the five southern streams. He was killed by Zhao Yun during the southern campaign.
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Zhu Zaihou (1537–1572) was the twelfth emperor of the Ming dynasty. His temple name was Muzong and his era name was Longqing.
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Fu Yi (555–639), from Ye in Xiangzhou, was a Sui and Tang astronomer who served as director of the imperial observatory.
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Zhu Houzhao (1491–1521) was the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty. His temple name was Wuzong and his era name was Zhengde.
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Zhu Houcong (1507–1567) was the eleventh emperor of the Ming dynasty. His temple name was Shizong and his era name was Jiajing.
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Sheng Shicai (8 January 1897 – 13 July 1970), Chinese warlord (1895-1970).
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Donghua Dijun is a Taoist deity. Quanzhen Daoism ranks him among the Four Emperors and Two Empresses and first of the Five Patriarchs. The cited article says his personal name was originally unknown.
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You Sanjie is You Erjie's younger sister in Dream of the Red Chamber. After Liu Xianglian broke the betrothal on a rumor, she killed herself with his sword.
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You Erjie is You Sanjie's elder sister in Dream of the Red Chamber. Jia Lian secretly married her; Wang Xifeng later brought her home, and she killed herself by swallowing gold.
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Cui Fujun is a north-Chinese folk deity said to judge the underworld. Tang and Song records disagree about his personal name, and one source says it was lost.
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Sun Zi (died 251), courtesy name Yanlong, was a Cao Wei official. He served as secretariat director and was later enfeoffed as Marquis of Zhongdu.
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Prince of Changyi (91 BC – 58 BC), Emperor of the Han dynasty (92–59 BC).
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Emperor Jing of Han (187 BC – 140 BC), emperor of the Han Dynasty (188–141 BCE).
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Emperor Duzong of Song (1240 – 1274), emperor of the Song Dynasty.
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Emperor Ningzong of Song (1168 – 1224), emperor of the Song Dynasty.
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Emperor Lizong of Song (1205 – 1264), Chinese emperor from 1224 to 1264 (1205–1264).
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Emperor Yingzong of Song (1032 – 1067), 5th Emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.
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Emperor Zhenzong of Song (968 – 1022), Chinese emperor from 997 to 1022.
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Emperor Qinzong of Song (1100 – 1156), emperor of the Song Dynasty.
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Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107 – 1187), emperor of Song Dynasty China (1107–1187).
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Emperor Taizong of Song (939 – 997), 2nd emperor of the Song Dynasty.
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Emperor Zhezong of Song (1077 – 1100), 7th emperor of the Song Dynasty.
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Emperor Shenzong of Song (1048 – 1085), 6th emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.
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Emperor Hui of Jin (259 – 307), Emperor of the Jin Dynasty from 290 to 307.
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Emperor Yuan of Jin (276 – 323), First Emperor of Eastern Jin Dynasty freom 318 to 323.
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Emperor Gaozu of Han (255 BC – 194 BC), founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC).
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Su Qin (? – 283 BC), Chinese political strategist in the Warring States period (died 284 BC).
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Emperor Guangwu of Han (4 BC – 57), emperor and founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty (5 BC - AD 57) (r. AD 25 - AD 57).
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