Guo Huai

This article is about the male general. For his niece, see Guo Huai (wife of Jia Chong).
Guo Huai
郭淮
General of Chariots and Cavalry (車騎將軍)
In office
June or July 250 (June or July 250) – 23 February 255 (23 February 255)
MonarchCao Fang / Cao Mao
Preceded byWang Ling
General Who Attacks the West (征西將軍)
In office
249 (249) – June or July 250 (June or July 250)
MonarchCao Fang
General of the Vanguard (前將軍)
In office
240 (240)–249 (249)
MonarchCao Fang
General of the Left (左將軍)
In office
240
MonarchCao Fang
Inspector of Yong Province (雍州刺史)
In office
220 (220)–255 (255)
MonarchCao Pi / Cao Rui / Cao Fang / Cao Mao
Major (司馬)
In office
215–220
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Personal details
BornUnknown
Yangqu County, Shanxi
Died(255-02-23)23 February 255[a]
SpouseWang Ling's sister
Children
  • Guo Tong
  • at least four other sons
Parent
  • Guo Yun (father)
Relatives
  • Guo Pei (brother)
  • Guo Zhen (brother)
  • Guo Liang (brother)
  • Guo Huai (niece)
OccupationMilitary general
Courtesy nameBoji (伯濟)
Posthumous nameMarquis Zhen (貞侯)
PeerageMarquis of Yangqu (陽曲侯)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Guo.

Guo Huai (died 23 February 255),[a] courtesy name Boji, was a Chinese military general of the state of Cao Wei (or Wei) during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career towards the end of the Eastern Han dynasty under the warlord Cao Cao as a subordinate of Cao Cao's generals Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He. During the Three Kingdoms period, he served in Wei, the state established by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, and lived through the reigns of four Wei emperors (Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Cao Fang and Cao Mao). From the 220s until his death in 255, he governed and defended Wei's western borders in Yong and Liang provinces (covering parts of present-day Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia). During this time, he resisted multiple invasions by Wei's rival state, Shu Han, and quelled some rebellions by local Qiang, Di and other non-Han Chinese tribes.[2]

  1. ^ ([正元二年春正月]癸未，車騎將軍郭淮薨。) Sanguozhi vol. 4.
  2. ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 283.


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