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Xun Yu | |
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| 荀彧 | |
 A Qing dynasty illustration of Xun Yu (1734) | |
| Prefect of the Masters of Writing (尚書令) (acting) | |
| In office 196–212 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
| Chancellor | Cao Cao |
| Succeeded by | Hua Xin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 163[1] Xuchang, Henan |
| Died | 212 (aged 49)[1] Shou County, Anhui |
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| Occupation | Military official, politician |
| Courtesy name | Wenruo (文若) |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Jing (敬侯) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Wansui Village (萬歲亭侯) |
Xun Yu (163–212),[1][2] courtesy name Wenruo, was a Chinese military official and politician who served as an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
- ^ a b c Xun Yu's biography in Records of the Three Kingdoms stated that he died at the age of 50 by East Asian age reckoning in the year Jian'an 17 (c. 212) during the reign of the Xian Emperor of Han. (十七年， ... 以憂薨，時年五十。) By calculation, his birth year should be around 163.
- ^ de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Brill. p. 928. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.