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Xiahou Yuan

200 - 219

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Xiahou Yuan () (died c.February 219), courtesy name Miaocai, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is known for his exploits in western China (in parts of present-day Gansu, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces) in the 210s, during which he defeated Cao Cao's rivals Ma Chao and Han Sui in Liang Province and the surrounding areas, and forced several Di and Qiang tribal peoples into submission. He was killed in action at the Battle of Mount Dingjun while defending Hanzhong Commandery from attacks by a rival warlord Liu Bei. Xiahou Yuan's death was highly dramatised in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which he was slain by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong during a surprise raid. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xiahou Yuan is the 494th most popular military personnel (down from 448th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from China (down from 304th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Chinese Military Personnel.

Xiahou Yuan is most famous for being a military general in the Three Kingdoms period.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Xiahou Yuan ranks 494 out of 2,058. Before him are Robert Anderson, Karl von Bülow, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, Christian Wirth, Yoshiko Kawashima, and Viktor Kulikov. After him are Mitsuru Ushijima, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Armando Diaz, Mundus, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, and Hijikata Toshizō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Xiahou Yuan ranks 28. Before him are Pacatianus, Sasan, Lucius Artorius Castus, Sabinianus, Bhāsa, and Mussius Aemilianus. After him are Achilles Tatius, Gao Shun, Tatiana of Rome, Liu Zhang, Xu Chu, and Sabellius. Among people deceased in 219, Xiahou Yuan ranks 1. After him are Liu Zhang, Zhang Zhongjing, and Pang De.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xiahou Yuan ranks 312 out of 1,610. Before him are Lin Yutang (1895), Wu Zixu (-526), Feng Yuxiang (1882), Lu Xun (183), Yoshiko Kawashima (1907), and Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (1342). After him are Seiji Ozawa (1935), Mao Anying (1922), Xu Huang (169), Jangsu of Goguryeo (394), Emperor Xiaozong of Song (1127), and Shi Nai'an (1296).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In China

Among military personnels born in China, Xiahou Yuan ranks 27. Before him are Huang Zhong (148), Lü Meng (178), Cao Ren (168), Zhang He (167), Gan Ning (175), and Yoshiko Kawashima (1907). After him are Xu Huang (169), He Jin (135), Gao Shun (200), Qi Jiguang (1527), Deng Ai (197), and Xu Chu (200).

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