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Guan Yu
Sign in to saveAlso known as Yunchang, Guan Yunchang, Kwan Yu, Kwan Wan Cheung, Lord Guan, Guan Gong, Guan Sheng Di Jun, Saintly Emperor Guan
Chinese general serving warlord Liu Bei (160-220)
Key facts
- Monarchs
- Liu Bei (King of Hanzhong) Emperor Xian of Han
- Monarch
- Emperor Xian of Han
- Born
- Unknown , Xie County, Hedong Commandery , Han dynasty (present-day Yuncheng , Shanxi)
- Died
- January or February 220 , Linju County, Xiangyang Commandery, Han dynasty (present-day Nanzhang County , Hubei)
- Children
- Guan Ping Guan Xing Guan Yinping
- Occupation
- General
- Courtesy name
- Yunchang ( 雲長 )
- Posthumous name
- Marquis Zhuangmou ( 壯繆侯 )
- Peerage
- Marquis of Hanshou Village ( 漢壽亭侯 )
- Deity names
- Guan Di ( 關帝 ; "Emperor Guan") Guan Gong ( 關公 ; "Lord Guan") Guan Sheng Di Jun ( 關聖帝君 ; "Holy Ruler Deity Guan") Sangharama Bodhisattva ( 伽藍菩薩 )
- Other names
- Guan Er Ye ( 關二爺 ; "Lord Guan the Second") Guan Er Ge; 關二哥 ; "Guan the Second Brother") Mei Ran Gong ( 美髯公 ; "Lord of the Magnificent Beard") Changsheng ( 長生 ) Shouchang ( 壽長 ) See this section for more posthumous titles
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Guan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Eastern Han
- Place of birth
- Yanhu District
- Place of death
- Nanzhang County
- Child
- Guan Yinping
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Guanyu.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Garanshin
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- Commons gallery
- 關羽
- described by source
- Records of the Three Kingdoms
- Commons category
- Guan Yu
- cause of death
- decapitation
- topic's main category
- Category:Guan Yu
- date of birth
- 0160-00-00
- date of death
- 0220-01-00
- name in kana
- かん う
- manner of death
- homicide
- courtesy name
- 雲長
- posthumous name
- 壯繆
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
courtesy name Traditional Chinese長生 Simplified Chinese长生
Hanyu PinyinChángshēng
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