postgres Kong Xiu is a fictional figure of Three Kingdoms storytelling; the Records of the Three Kingdoms contain no such person. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms he is Cao Cao's commander at Dongling Pass, who blocks Guan Yu for lack of a travel permit and is killed, the first of the six generals Guan Yu slays on his way through the five passes.[^zhwiki][^wikidata] /en/people/kong-xiu/relation.html person_cn_q1132576 person kong-xiu 孔秀

Kong Xiu is a fictional figure of Three Kingdoms storytelling; the Records of the Three Kingdoms contain no such person. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms he is Cao Cao's commander at Dongling Pass, who blocks Guan Yu for lack of a travel permit and is killed, the first of the six generals Guan Yu slays on his way through the five passes.[^zhwiki][^wikidata]

published category-literature category-people category-fictional-characters tag-fictional-character tag-classics tag-four-great-classics wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132576 zhwiki https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%94%E7%A7%80 2026-10-25T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-29T17:23:17+08:00 user:admin 7 Kong Xiu is a fictional character of Three Kingdoms storytelling. Wikidata gives his Chinese label as 孔秀 and his English label as Kong Xiu, describes him as a commander at Dongling Pass, set in the Han dynasty, with the occupation of military officer. Chinese Wikipedia states plainly that the Records of the Three Kingdoms contain no such person. The title stays as the character's name.[^wikidata][^zhwiki] ## Mention in the Pinghua Chinese Wikipedia notes that the Sanguozhi pinghua has Cao Cao arrive at Xiakou with 1,300,000 men and write to Sun Quan urging him to submit, and in the letter he says that he had once defeated Kong Xiu at Luoyang and taken him alive.[^zhwiki] ## In the novel According to chapter 27 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Kong Xiu serves Cao Cao and guards Dongling Pass. Guan Yu is escorting the two wives of Liu Bei to join him, and Dongling Pass is the first pass. Because Guan Yu has no permit from Cao Cao, Kong Xiu blocks him and is killed by Guan Yu. The article counts him as the first general Guan Yu kills while passing the five passes and slaying six generals.[^zhwiki] ## Basic facts - Name: Kong Xiu[^wikidata] - Role: fictional character, commander at Dongling Pass[^wikidata] - Occupation recorded on this entry: military officer[^wikidata] - Setting: Han dynasty[^wikidata] - Appears in: [[work_cn_q70806|Romance of the Three Kingdoms]] /people/kong-xiu.html en zh en Character in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms true literary character relation_cnworks_depicts_q70806_q1132576 work_cn_q70806 depicts person_cn_q1132576 work_cn_q70806 wikidata Related works work_cn_q70806 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms /en/works/romance-three-kingdoms.html true depicts Related works relation_cnworks_depicts_q70806_q1132576 work_cn_q70806 depicts person_cn_q1132576 work_cn_q70806 wikidata Related works work_cn_q70806 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms /en/works/romance-three-kingdoms.html true en zh en is_fictional Fictional yes person_category Person category literary character disambiguation Disambiguation Character in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1 50 1 1 1