Xing Daorong is a character in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Wikidata's simplified Chinese label is Xing Daorong, and the English label is Xing Daorong. The cited encyclopedia page leads to the fifty-second chapter in a list of fictional figures, and that section uses the same name, so the title stays. This entry records him as an officer under Liu Du, and the story is set in the Han.[1][2]
Chapter 52
He is a senior commander of Liu Du, governor of Lingling, and he wields a mountain-splitting axe. When Liu Bei attacked Liu Du, Xing Daorong and Liu Du's son Liu Xian tried to lay an ambush. Zhang Fei captured Liu Xian. Liu Bei later released him, and Liu Xian persuaded his father to surrender. Xing Daorong dueled Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, was defeated, and was captured. He pretended to surrender, meaning to draw Liu Bei's army into a trap. The plan failed, and Zhao Yun killed him.[2]
Basic facts
- Name: Xing Daorong[1]
- Role: a commander under Liu Du; this entry records him as an officer[1]
- Setting recorded on this entry: Han[1]
- Appears in: Romance of the Three Kingdoms[2]