- Kong Xiu
Three Kingdoms infobox
Name=Kong Xiu
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Caption=Kong Xiu as depicted in the 84-episode TV serial "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
Title=Warden
Kingdom=Cao Cao (fictional)
Born=
Died=200
Simp=孔秀
Trad=孔秀
Pinyin=Kǒng Xiù
WG=K'ung Hsiu
Zi=
Other=Kong Xiu (? –
200 ) is a fictional character in the14th-century historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms " byLuo Guanzhong . He served the powerfulwarlord Cao Cao as the warden of theDongling Pass (東岭關, south of present dayDengfeng ,Henan ). He was slain byGuan Yu for forcibly preventing the latter from passing through.Death in Guan Yu's hands
In Chapter 27,
Guan Yu concluded his short service underCao Cao and bade farewell to the latter to reunite with his former lord and sworn brotherLiu Bei . However, in his hurry Guan Yu had failed to obtain an official document from Cao Cao. As he approached theDongling Pass he was challenged by Kong Xiu. Riding forth, Guan Yu slew the pass warden within a bout.References
*cite book|author=Luo Guanzhong|title=San Guo Yan Yi|publisher=Yue Lu Shu She|year=1986|id=ISBN 7-80520-013-0
*cite book|author=Lo Kuan-chung; tr. C.H. Brewitt-Taylor|title=Romance of the Three Kingdoms|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|year=2002|id=ISBN 0-8048-3467-9ee also
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Three Kingdoms
*Personages of the Three Kingdoms
*"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms"
*"Romance of the Three Kingdoms "
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