Chief commander of Wu. Read Cao Cao's army correctly and burned it. Died of illness in 210, aged 36.
Being with Zhou Yu is like drinking fine wine — you are drunk before you know it.Cheng Pu, quoted in the Jiangbiao zhuan, in Pei Songzhi's commentary
Appears in
Three Kingdoms 1 · panel 9Three Kingdoms 1 · panel 11Three Kingdoms 1 · panel 12Three Kingdoms 1 · panel 13Three Kingdoms 1 · panel 14Three Kingdoms 1 · panel 16Three Kingdoms 1 · panel 18
Relations
- Cao Cao opponents — Red Cliff, 208 CE.
- Zhuge Liang allies — Colleagues of one alliance in 208. The jealousy is the novel's invention.
Myth vs record
The story you may know
A jealous rival of Zhuge Liang, outwitted three times and dead of rage.
What the sources say
He died of illness in 210, two years before the events the novel stages between them. His own colleagues described a man of such warmth that men forgot themselves in his company.