Xiahou Yuan | |
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| 夏侯淵 | |
 A Qing dynasty illustration of Xiahou Yuan | |
| General Who Attacks the West (征西將軍) | |
| In office 216–219 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
| Chancellor | Cao Cao |
| Protector-General (都護將軍) (acting) | |
| In office 215–216 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
| Chancellor | Cao Cao |
| General Who Protects the Army (護軍將軍) (acting) | |
| In office ?–215 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
| Chancellor | Cao Cao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Bozhou, Anhui |
| Died | c.February 219 Mount Dingjun, Shaanxi |
| Children |
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| Relatives | Xiahou Dun (cousin) Lady Xiahou (niece) |
| Occupation | Military general, politician |
| Courtesy name | Miaocai (妙才) |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Min (愍侯) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Bochang Village (博昌亭侯) |
Xiahou Yuan () (died c.February 219[1]), courtesy name Miaocai, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is known for his exploits in western China (in parts of present-day Gansu, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces) in the 210s, during which he defeated Cao Cao's rivals Ma Chao and Han Sui in Liang Province and the surrounding areas, and forced several Di and Qiang tribal peoples into submission. He was killed in action at the Battle of Mount Dingjun while defending Hanzhong Commandery from attacks by a rival warlord Liu Bei.[2] Xiahou Yuan's death was highly dramatised in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which he was slain by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong during a surprise raid.
- ^ Xiahou Yuan died in the 1st month of the 24th year of the Jian'an era. The month corresponds to 3 Feb to 3 Mar 219 in the Julian calendar.
- ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 884.