Xu Huang | |
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徐晃 | |
General of the Right (右將軍) | |
In office 220 –227 | |
Monarch | Cao Pi |
General Who Pacifies Bandits (平寇將軍) | |
In office 214 –220 | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Chancellor | Cao Cao |
General Who Sweeps Across the Wilderness (橫野將軍) | |
In office 207 –214 | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Chancellor | Cao Cao (from 208) |
Personal details | |
Born | Unknown Hongtong County, Shanxi |
Died | 227[1] |
Children | Xu Gai |
Occupation | Military general |
Courtesy name | Gongming (公明) |
Posthumous name | Marquis Zhuang (壯侯) |
Peerage | Marquis of Yangping (陽平侯) |
Xu Huang ([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.
) (died 227),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]