King Duosi is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Wikidata's Chinese label and the Chinese Wikipedia article are both 朵思大王, where 大王 (king) is a title and no single personal name is recorded, so the heading stays as it is. Wikidata describes him as an ally of Meng Huo, gives the dynasty of the work's setting as Shu Han, and records his death in 225.[1][2]
Identity
Chinese Wikipedia says he is a southern tribesman in the novel, lord of the Tulong cave, and the wisest man of the south.[2]
In the novel
According to Chinese Wikipedia's summary, after Zhuge Liang had captured Meng Huo four times, Meng Huo's brother Meng You introduced King Duosi to him. King Duosi used the terrain near the Tulong cave to block the Shu army and fought it with the four-eyed poisoned springs. But he got drunk in his camp together with Meng Huo and his brother, and was taken to the enemy camp by Yang Feng, who had gone over to Shu, and was released there. Then, on Meng Huo's orders, he continued to hold Sanjiang city against Zhuge Liang's invasion, defeated the Shu troops with poisoned arrows, and was later sent by Meng Huo to guard the city. Zhuge Liang raised his men's spirits by a stratagem, piled up an earthen wall and broke the city, and King Duosi was trampled to death by his own war elephant.[2]
Basic facts
- Description: fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ally of Meng Huo[1]
- Dynasty or state of the work's setting: Shu Han[1]
- Death: 225 (within the work)[1]
- Appears in: Romance of the Three Kingdoms