關羽
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Chinese general serving warlord Liu Bei (160-220) | |||||
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Date of birth | 160 (uncertainty) Yanhu District (Han dynasty, Hedong Commandery) | ||||
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Date of death | January 220 Nanzhang County | ||||
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English: Guan Yu (關羽) (162–219) was a military general under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. He played a significant role in the civil war that led to the collapse of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of the Kingdom of Shu, of which Liu Bei was the first emperor.
Depictions in art
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Qing Dynasty mask
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Qing Dynasty print
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Qing Dynasty print: Guan Yu and Zhou Cang
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Qing Dynasty drawing
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Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Painting at Summer Palace, Beijing
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From a Ming Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (金陵萬卷樓刊本) , the original is kept in the library holdings of Peking University
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Guan Yu pendant