- Gongsun Yue
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s=公孙越Gongsun Yue (died 191), a minor figure who made passing appearance in relate to larger events during the transitional years leading to the
end of Han Dynasty inChina . He was the younger cousin of the northern warlordGongsun Zan .Life
Emperor Xian, held hostage by
Dong Zhuo secretly sent Liu He (劉和) to appeal for help from Liu He's father,Liu Yu -- the governor of You Province. While traveling through Luyang, Liu He was held byYuan Shu -- who used Liu He to extort troops and supplies from Liu Yu. Liu Yu complied, against strong protest fromGongsun Zan . Afraid that Yuan Shu would hold a grudge against him, Gongsun Zan himself sent his cousin, Gongsun Yue, with 1000 troops and supplies to help Yuan Shu. This caused a rift between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan.When
Sun Jian , then served under Yuan Shu, returned from Luoyang,Yuan Shao wrote to Zhou Ang (周昂) to attack Yangcheng (陽城) -- to cut Sun Jian off. Gongsun Yue then was ordered by Yuan Shu to help Sun Jian counter-attack. They won the battle, but Gongsun Yue was killed by a stray arrow.Gongsun Zan then used Gongsun Yue's death as the pretext to declare war on Yuan Shao.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
In the novel "
Romance of the Three Kingdoms ", he was sent as a messenger to demand thatYuan Shao split Ji Province (冀州) with Gongsun Zan, but was killed on his way home by Yuan Shao's army pretending to beDong Zhuo 's men.References
*de Crespigny, Rafe. [http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/decrespigny/peace1_index.html "To Establish Peace: being the Chronicle of the Later Han dynasty for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang". Volume 1.] Faculty of Asian Studies, The
Australian National University , Canberra. 1996. ISBN 0-7315-2526-4.
*Luo, Guanzhong. ""
*Sima, Guang. ""ee also
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Three Kingdoms
*Personages of the Three Kingdoms
*"Records of Three Kingdoms "
*"Romance of the Three Kingdoms "
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