Xu Huang

Xu Huang
徐晃
A Qing dynasty illustration of Xu Huang
General of the Right (右將軍)
In office
220 (220)–227 (227)
MonarchCao Pi
General Who Pacifies Bandits (平寇將軍)
In office
214 (214)–220 (220)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
General Who Sweeps Across the Wilderness
(橫野將軍)
In office
207 (207)–214 (214)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao (from 208)
Personal details
BornUnknown
Hongtong County, Shanxi
Died227[1]
ChildrenXu Gai
OccupationMilitary general
Courtesy nameGongming (公明)
Posthumous nameMarquis Zhuang (壯侯)
PeerageMarquis of Yangping
(陽平侯)

Xu Huang (pronunciation) (died 227),[1] courtesy name Gongming, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He later served in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period under the first two rulers, Cao Pi and Cao Rui, before his death at the start of Cao Rui's reign. Xu Huang is best noted for breaking the siege at the Battle of Fancheng in 219 by routing the enemy commander Guan Yu on the field.

Chen Shou, who wrote the third-century historical text Sanguozhi, named Xu Huang as one of the Five Elite Generals of Cao Wei, alongside Yu Jin, Zhang He, Yue Jin and Zhang Liao.[2]

  1. ^ a b (太和元年薨, ...) Sanguozhi vol. 17.
  2. ^ (評曰:太祖建茲武功,而時之良將,五子為先。于禁最號毅重,然弗克其終。張郃以巧變為稱,樂進以驍果顯名,而鑒其行事,未副所聞。或注記有遺漏,未如張遼、徐晃之備詳也。) Sanguozhi vol. 17.