- Yuan Shu
:"This article is about the warlord during the Eastern Han Dynasty. A more recent Yuan Shu exists (1911-1987), who is a Communist revolutionary and the creator of the Chinese government's intelligence system."Three Kingdoms infobox
Name=Yuan Shu
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Title=Emperor
Kingdom=Zhong
Born=?
Died=199
Simp=袁术
Trad=袁術
Pinyin=Yuán Shù
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Zi=Gonglu (公路)
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Other=Yuan Shu (袁術/袁术;
style name Gonglu 公路) (? – 199) was a warlord during the lateEastern Han Dynasty andThree Kingdoms era ofChina . He rose to prominence following the collapse of the Han court in 189. He was the younger cousin ["Records of the Three Kingdoms ", vol. 6] ["Book of Later Han ", vols. 74, 75. [http://ef.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/ccw/02/hhb09.htm] .] ofYuan Shao . After the death ofHe Jin , he led a force to slay the eunuchs as the Imperial Corps Commander of the Imperial Tiger Guard, which was located just outside the capital. Later, he participated in an alliance againstDong Zhuo led by Yuan Shao. After the dissension of this alliance, he was never on good terms with Yuan Shao again.Yuan Shu fled to
Shouchun (modern dayShouxian ,Anhui province) after repeated defeats by the combined armies ofCao Cao and Yuan Shao. He declared himself emperor under the short-livedZhong Dynasty (仲) in 197, citing superstition as his justification, including theHanzi in his name and style name. This audacious action made him a target of the other warlords. His extravagant lifestyle and arrogance caused many of his officers to desert him. Most devastating of the departures and defections - both to Yuan Shu personally and to the strength of his forces - was that ofSun Ce , who had recently conquered most of theJiangdong territory under Yuan's banner. Following crushing defeats by the armies of Cao Cao,Liu Bei , andLü Bu , Yuan Shu attempted to flee north to join Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao sent his son,Yuan Tan , to try to aid Yuan Shu, but Tan arrived too late, and Yuan Shu's forces were decimated by Liu Bei. He died shortly thereafter of his grief.Notes
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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