Yan Rou
Yan Rou | |
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閻柔 | |
General Who Crosses into Liao ( | |
In office c. 220 –? | |
Monarch | Cao Pi |
Colonel Who Protects the Wuhuan ( | |
In office 200 –220 | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Personal details | |
Born | Unknown Beijing |
Died | Unknown |
Relations | Yan Zhi (brother) |
Occupation | General |
Peerage | Secondary Marquis ( |
Yan Rou (Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty.
) (fl. 193–220) was a military general of the state ofLife[edit]
Yan Rou was from Guangyang Commandery (
In 200, during the Battle of Guandu, the warlord Cao Cao, who controlled the Han central government and the figurehead Emperor Xian, contacted Yan Rou and appointed him as Colonel Who Protects the Wuhuan (
In 206, Yan Rou accompanied Cao Cao on a campaign against the Wuhuan tribes in You Province and served as his guide. Cao Cao defeated the Wuhuan tribes and the warlords Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi at the Battle of White Wolf Mountain in the following year. After the victory, Yan Rou managed to convince all the Wuhuan leaders in You and Bing provinces to submit to Han rule. The Xianbei chieftains Budugen and Kebineng also sent their sons as hostages to Yan Rou to convince him of their allegiance. When Tian Yin (
In 220, after Cao Cao's son Cao Pi usurped the throne from Emperor Xian and established the state of Cao Wei, he appointed Yan Rou as General Who Crosses into Liao (
Family[edit]
Yan Rou had a younger brother, Yan Zhi (閻志), who served as the Administrator of Shanggu Commandery (
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).