Xu Rong
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| Simplified Chinese: | 徐荣; |
| Traditional Chinese: | 徐榮; |
| Pinyin: | Xǔ Rǒng |
Xu Rong (? - 192) was a general in the service of Dong Zhuo at the end of the Han dynasty in China.
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[edit] Life
Xu Rong was originally from the Xuantu province (玄菟郡) of Youzhou (幽州). In the year 190, when Yuan Shao led an alliance to defeat Dong Zhuo, Xu Rong fought against and defeated the forces of Sun Jian and Cao Cao, who were part of the alliance.
When Dong Zhuo was assassinated by Wang Yun, Xu Rong chose to serve Wang Yun. Afterwards, Li Jue and Guo Si, themselves former generals under Dong Zhuo, led an army and attacked Chang'an. Xu Rong, along with Hu Zhen (胡軫), went out to do battle against the invading army. Xu Rong was defeated, and slain in battle.
[edit] Misc. Information
[edit] Death in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a dramatic novelization of the events of the Three Kingdoms period, after Dong Zhuo moved his capital from Luoyang to Chang'an, Cao Cao set off in pursuit of Dong Zhuo's forces. According to the story, Xu Rong intercepted Cao Cao's forces but Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun impaled him with a spear. In recorded history, Xu Rong's ambush of Cao Cao was successful, and Cao Cao would have been killed if he had not been rescued by his cousin Cao Hong.
[edit] Reference
This page is a rough translation of the Japanese version, re-arranged and re-formatted.
