XiahouDun

XiahouDun

XiahouDun? (June 13, 220), with the character "Rang", was born in Qiaoxian County, peiguo county (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province). Xia Houying, a famous general of Cao Wei in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, is the descendant of Xia Houying, the founder of the Western Han Dynasty.

As a boy, he was famous in the country for his courage. Xia Houdun was one of the earliest generals of Cao Cao. When fighting with Lu Bu army, he was once captured as a hostage and shot blind in the left eye. Many times he guarded the rear area for Cao Cao. He led the army and the people to block the Taishou River and built ponds to irrigate the farmland, benefiting the people. Officials to the general, Feng Gaoan Xiang Hou. In pursuit of the posthumous Zhonghou (Shi Fa Jie, Shi Ji), it is said: "if you are in danger, you will be loyal. It is difficult to avoid danger. In the first year of Qinglong (233), he was entitled to the temple of Taizu (Cao Cao).

XiahouDun spent most of his life in the army, and still did not forget to study. He often met his teachers in person and asked for advice with an open mind. He was a simple man, and all his rewards were given to the soldiers. He who does not own property all his life has no money left until he dies.

(source: ye Xiong's biography of characters in the romance of the Three Kingdoms)

Life of the characters

Early experience

XiahouDun was the elder brother of XiaHouYuan family after xiahouying, the servant of the Western Han Dynasty. He was brave and good at fighting. When he was 14 years old, someone humiliated his teacher, so he killed him. When Cao Cao launched a campaign against the Yellow turban army, Xia Houdun followed Cao Cao and served as a general.

In the first year of Chuping (190), after the formation of Dong Zhuo's united army, Cao Cao used general Fenwu and followed Cao Cao to Yangzhou to recruit troops with Xia Houdun as his Sima. After the establishment of Cao Cao's power, he sent the Xiahou duntun white horse, and soon he was promoted to Zhechong Xiaowei and led the East County Taishou.

Lose the eye

The first year of Xingping (194), Cao Cao Zheng Tao Qian, left Xiahou Dun to guard Puyang. However, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong rebelled against Lu Bu, and Cao Cao's family members were all in juancheng. Xia Houdun led his army to the rescue in light clothes, and happened to meet Lu Bu's army, and the two sides were at war. Lu Bu's army retreated, so he took the opportunity to enter Puyang and obtained military supplies from XiahouDun's army.

Lu Bu sent the generals to pretend to surrender, and seized the opportunity to hijack XiahouDun with his subordinates and ask him for precious materials. XiahouDun's soldiers were very shocked and frightened. Han Hao, the commander of XiahouDun's Department, ordered the troops to stay outside XiahouDun's barracks and ordered the generals to stay still before the barracks settled down. And claimed that according to the national law will not consider the safety of the hostages, made to send troops to attack the hostage taker posture. The hostage taker was afraid, so he gave up and surrendered. When Cao Cao heard about this incident, he made it a law to attack the hostage takers without worrying about the hostages, so there was no hostage taking incident in the future.

Xia Houdun, Xun Yu and Cheng Yuli fought back against Lu Bu, but they were shot in the left eye by liuya and defeated. From then on, they were called "blind Xia Hou". However, XiahouDun attached great importance to his appearance. When he looked in the mirror and saw that he was blind, he would be very angry. He pushed the mirror to the ground and did not like to be called "blind Xiahou". Later, Chen Liu, the governor of Jiyin, general Ren Jianwu and Marquis Gao'an were appointed.

At that time, there was a drought and a plague of locusts. XiahouDun cut off taishoushui and formed a pond. He personally carried the soil and led the soldiers to grow rice. He avoided the danger of food shortage and benefited all the people.

Appointment Award

In the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to Xu county, and Xia Houdun was transferred to Henan Yin.

In the third year of Jian'an (198), Lu Bu sent Zhonglang General Gao Shun and Northern prefect Zhang Liao to attack Liu Bei. Xia Houdun was ordered to rescue Liu Bei, but was defeated by Gao Shun and others. Peicheng was finally conquered, Liu Bei's wife was captured again, and Liu Bei fled alone.

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202), Liu Biao sent Liu Bei to attack Ye County northward. Xia Houdun was ordered to resist. Liu Bei, who was stationed in Bowang, retreated on his own. Xia Houdun did not listen to Li Dian's advice, pursued Liu Bei with Yu ban, and left Li Dian behind. At last, XiahouDun was defeated by Liu Bei's ambush. Fortunately, Li Dian came to rescue him, and Liu Bei withdrew.

In the ninth year of Jian'an (204), after the destruction of Yecheng, he was appointed general Fubo. He was authorized to engage in simple work without being restricted by the system. As a good friend with Tian Chou, he once helped Cao Cao persuade Tian Chou to take refuge again, but failed.

In 206, Wei Gu rebelled in Hedong and joined forces with Zhang Sheng, Zhang Yan and Gao Gan. Cao Cao sent Xia Houdun to fight against him, and Zhang sent him to Guanzhong to recruit Ma Teng and other generals. All of them were controlled by Zhong Yao. Zhong Yao sent troops to attack Zhang Sheng and others and won a complete victory. He killed Wei Gu, Zhang Yan and others and pardoned the rest of his party members.

In the 12th year of Jian'an (207), because of the contributions made before and after, 1800 households were granted, which is as high as 2500 households.

In 215, he took part in the war against Zhanglu in Hanzhong.

In October of the 21st year of Jian'an (216), Cao Cao denounced Sun Quan.

In February of the 22nd year of Jian'an (217), Cao Cao attacked ruxukou and Sun Quan retreated. In March, Sun Quan sent Xu Xiang to beg Cao Cao to surrender, and Cao Cao returned to the army. Therefore, he ordered the Xia Hou Dun to supervise the 26th army, and Cao Ren, Zhang Liao and others to garrison their troops in Yangzhou to defend Sun Quan. He also gave a Geisha who was good at singing and dancing, and ordered: "Wei Jiang can enjoy the music of the bell and chime by virtue of the good service she made with Rong, not to mention the general!"

Special courtesy

In the 24th year of Jian'an (219), the natural disaster of "Han River overflowing, harming people" broke out in Xiangfan area. Guan Yu, the general of Shu, took advantage of the opportunity to attack by ship, captured and killed pound. XiahouDun then led the army to Xiangfan. Cao Cao's army arrived at Mopi, summoned XiahouDun to the same car, and entered Cao Cao's bedroom freely without communication. Later, he was worshipped by the former general and supervised the troops to return to Shouchun and moved to Zhaoling.

According to the records of Cao Mian Zhuan and Shi Yu, Huan Jie advised Cao Cao to be emperor, but Xia Houdun thought that Shu should be destroyed first. When Shu was pacified, Jiangdong would come back to serve, and the two sides decided to follow the path of Shun and Yu and ascend to the throne. Cao Cao listened to this opinion.

In the 25th year of Jian'an (220), Cao Cao died of illness and Cao Pi ascended the throne. In February, he worshipped XiahouDun as the general, but in April, XiahouDun died. Cao Pi put on his plain clothes and went to the east gate of Yecheng to mourn. He gave XiahouDun the posthumous title of Zhonghou, and XiahouDun's family also received favorable treatment.

In the first year of Qinglong (233), Xia Houdun, Cao Ren and Cheng Yu were treated by Cao Rui in the temple of Cao Cao because of their merits.

Anecdotes and allusions

Xia Houdun was loyal to Cao Cao. At that time, all the generals gave him the official title of Wei. Only Xia Houdun, who was still an official in the Han Dynasty, wrote a letter to Cao Cao hoping that Cao Cao would appoint him as an official of Wei, indicating that he was loyal to Wei. But Cao Cao thought that XiahouDun and he were officials of the Han Dynasty, belonging to his colleagues in the Han Dynasty. How could XiahouDun yield to the official name of Wei? But XiahouDun still strongly requested that Cao Cao finally agreed to his request and made him a former general of Wei.

Character evaluation

Cao Cao: Wei Jiang's contribution to the army is more than the music of gold and stone, general Kuang!

Cao Pi: in the past, the proprieties of the former king were displayed in the presence of the meritorious officials, but not in the presence of the great steam. Therefore, the meritorious officials of the Han family were worshipped in the temples. In the great Wei Dynasty, the meritorious officials of Yuangong wrote excellent works, and those who had been retired from the Ming Dynasty were all worshipped according to the rites.

Duan Mo: Fubo and the former Emperor had the power to control the world.

Sima Yan: Dun, Wei Zhiyuan Gong, Xun Shu, bamboo and silk. In the past, the court did not offer sacrifices, but still mourned for it. Kuang, I received Zen in the Wei Dynasty, and I can forget my meritorious officials!

Chen Shou: Although Dun was in the army, he welcomed his division personally. He was thrifty in nature. He had enough money to distribute. He did not manage the industry because he did not have enough money for the government. ② Xia Hou and Cao Shi were married in the world, so Dun, yuan, Ren, Hong, Xiu, Shang, Zhen and so on were close to the old heart, which was more valuable than the time, and they were able to control the meritorious service.

Tanyu: Xia Houdun, Wei xunzuo, Jin De Churong, also began to Zhen Xian, to reward his grandson, to seal the tree near the family.

Luo Guanzhong: Xia Houdun, the enemy troops in the spear and halberd. Pull the arrow to the eyes dry one eye, eat the eyes angry call parents. Loyal to the people to save, xuehengping will be the thief swallow. The lonely moon is the only one in the Ming Dynasty to explore billon, whose achievements are still in the sky and earth.

Yuan shouding: whenever there is an emergency, he should use the people's strength first, which is also a way to encourage the people. Xiahou Dun was Chen Liu's prefect, and there was a great drought. Dun cut off the water of Taishou as a pond, and he was responsible for the soil, leading his officers and men to persuade him to grow rice. The people depend on their interests.

Wang Xin: at that time, Yuan rang was a powerful general. Unfortunately, his biography was unknown. One fifth of them robbed Yun. Han Hao was also a prominent general. One fifth of them robbed Yun. He is really a coward. If he doesn't want to be the son of a famous general, he will fall into vulgarity? From a rough perspective, Wu is to wipe out ugliness and appease the local people, while Wen is to persuade Ke Nongsang to be a military garrison. How many of Cao Xiahou's capable people are like this? Is Liang Pei really imperial?

Family members

forefathers

The descendants of Xia Houying, whose father's name is unknown, should not be identified.

Clan brother

Xiahoulian, the younger brother of XiahouDun, was granted the title of liehou by the imperial court because of his outstanding contributions.

XiaHouYuan, whose name is miaocai, is a younger brother of the Dun family of Xiahou. He was a famous general at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a general in the West. He was granted the title of bochangting marquis. He died in the battle of Dingjun mountain and was named Marquis Mian.

son

Xiahouchong, the eldest son of XiahouDun, the heir.

M á o, the second son of XiahouDun, married Princess Qinghe, the daughter of Cao Cao. He had a good relationship with Cao Pi and was appointed general Anxi.

Xiahou zizang, the name of zizang, did not comply with the etiquette. He was reproached by Xiahou for several times and participated in the formation of Xiahou.

Xiahou Zijiang, the word Zijiang, did not comply with the etiquette. He was reproached by Xiahou for several times and participated in the formation of Xiahou.

XiahouDun had five sons, who were appointed the Marquis of Guannei after his death.

Sun

Xia Hou Zhen (Y ì), the son of Xia Hou Chong, is the successor.

After his death, XiahouDun and his second grandson were appointed Marquis of Guannei.

great-grandson

Xiahou Shao, the son of Xiahou, is the successor.

Historical records

Biography of Xia Hou Dun

Artistic image

Folk image

In Chapter 18 of romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty, it is written that Xia Houdun met Lu Bu's Gao Shun in Xuzhou's offensive and defensive war, and Gao Shun was defeated and fled. Xia Houdun chased after him, only to be attacked by another enemy general Cao Xing. XiahouDun was shot in the left eye

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