Liu Pi
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu (劉).
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Liu Pi (? - 200) was a general of the Yellow Turbans, near the end of Han Dynasty in China.
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[edit] Life
After the decline of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Pi's men allied themselves with Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in the early 190s. His party thrived in the Yingchuan (穎川) and Runan regions, and by the mid-190s they were numbered at by the tens of thousands. In 196, the local warlord Cao Cao set out against the remnant Yellow Turbans; in the battles that ensued, Liu Pi's colleague Huang Shao (黄邵) was killed and Liu Pi surrendered with the other leaders.
As the northern Yuan Shao declared war on Cao Cao in 200, Liu Pi rebelled against Cao Cao and plundered in Xu city, Cao's headquarters. Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei to support Liu Pi, but the combined forces were defeated by Cao Cao's general Cao Ren; Liu Bei fled back to Yuan Shao and Liu Pi was killed.
The first volume of the Records of the Three Kingdoms contains conflicting accounts about Liu Pi's death: in an earlier passage it states that Liu Pi was killed with Huang Shao during Cao Cao's bandit sweeping campaign in 196, while a later passage in the same volume states he rebelled in 200 and was killed by Cao Ren. Modern scholar Rafe de Crespigny notes that while it is possible that the group under Liu Pi still kept his name after he died, it is more probable that the first account of Liu Pi's death is premature.
[edit] In Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In the novel by Luo Guanzhong, he allied with Gong Du after the demise of the Yellow Turbans and harassed the regions of Yingchuan and Runan. They repelled attacks from Cao Hong and later coordinated with Yuan Shao against Cao Cao. Later, he requested help from Liu Bei and delivered Runan to him as a base of operations. He died in battle while defending Liu Bei from Cao Cao's general, Gao Lan.
[edit] References
- Chen, Shou. Sanguo Zhi. Vol 1, 32.
- de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0
- Luo, Guanzhong. Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
