- Guan Xing
Three Kingdoms infobox
Name=Guan Xing
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Title=Officer
Kingdom=Shu Han
Born=
Died=
Simp=关兴
Trad=關興
Pinyin=Guān Xìng
WG=Kuan Hsing
Zi=Anguo (安國)
Other=Guan Xing was an officer for the Kingdom of Shu during the
Three Kingdoms era ofChina . He was the second son of the military generalGuan Yu and the younger brother ofGuan Ping . He succeeded his father when both Guan Yu and Guan Ping were captured and executed by forces of the Kingdom of Wu at theBattle of Fancheng in219 . Since young, Guan Xing had been favored byZhuge Liang , chancellor of the Kingdom of Shu. When he turned nineteen, he was given a military post but he died within years, due to an undocumented cause.Guan Xing in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms ", a14th century historical novel byLuo Guanzhong , was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and during the Three Kingdoms era. Incorporating Chinese folklore, the author gave Guan Xing's character much more significance.In Chapter 81, Guan Xing was said to have competed with Zhang Bao, son of
Zhang Fei , over the commandership of the vanguard force to attack the Kingdom of Wu to avenge their fathers.Liu Bei , emperor of the Kingdom of Shu, then bade them to swear to be brothers just as he did with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei many years ago. The newly sworn brothers, Zhang Bao a year elder, were then ordered to jointly aidWu Ban , who would lead the vanguard. Henceforth the brothers rarely appeared without each other.In Chapter 83, Guan Xing successfully slew
Pan Zhang , commander of the division that previously captured Guan Yu. It was written that Guan Yu's ghost had made Pan Zhang freeze in fear, allowing Guan Xing to slay him. In doing so, he retrieved his father's weapon, the Green Dragon Crescent Moon Sabre. Later, whenMi Fang andFu Shiren , two former Shu officers who defected to the Kingdom of Wu and ultimately caused the death of Guan Yu, surrendered to Liu Bei again, Liu Bei refused to forgive them and ordered Guan Xing to execute the pair before an altar dedicated to Guan Yu.In Chapter 91, Guan Xing was appointed Commander of the Left Guard (帳前左護衛使) and titled Soaring Dragon General (龍驤將軍). He then followed Prime Minister Zhuge Liang on the Northern Expeditions against the Kingdom of Wei. He eventually died of sickness in Chapter 102.
References
*cite book|author=Chen Shou|title=San Guo Zhi|publisher=Yue Lu Shu She|year=2002|id=ISBN 7-80665-198-5
*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
*"Records of Three Kingdoms"
*"Romance of the Three Kingdoms "
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