Who is Who in the Three Kingdoms
There are many names, and a few chapters later the same person may stand on another side. Everyone is grouped by the side they served longest in the story. Pick anyone and jump to the chapters they appear in.
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Shu 16
The people who gathered around Liu Bei.
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Liu Bei
A man of Zhuo County who sold sandals and wove mats. He introduces himself as a distant kinsman of the Han imperial house
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Guan Yu
A man of Xieliang in Hedong, with a long beard and a red face, who carries the green dragon crescent blade
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Zhuge Liang
A man of Yangdu in Langya, courtesy name Kongming, who farms at Longzhong and calls himself Master Sleeping Dragon
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Zhang Fei
A man of Zhuo who sold wine and slaughtered pigs. His voice is like thunder and his temper is quick
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Zhao Yun
A man of Zhending in Changshan, courtesy name Zilong
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Liu Shan
Liu Bei's son, known as a child by the name Adou, born to Lady Gan
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Wei Yan
A man of Yiyang, eight chi tall with a face as red as stacked jujubes
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Ma Chao
Eldest son of Ma Teng of Xiliang, who rides in a white robe with a long spear
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Pang Tong
A man of Xiangyang, courtesy name Shiyuan, whom Master Water Mirror fondly calls his younger brother
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Jiang Wei
A man of Ji in Tianshui, versed in strategy and arms, who serves his mother devotedly
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Lady Gan
Liu Bei's wife and the mother of his son Adou
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Ma Su
Ma Liang's younger brother, whom Kongming regards as an outstanding talent of the age
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Lady Mi
One of Liu Bei's two wives
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Fa Zheng
One of Liu Zhang's officials and a friend of Zhang Song, who came bearing Liu Zhang's letter to invite Liu Bei into Shu
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Huang Zhong
Liu Bei's veteran general, still fighting at the front in old age
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Liu Chen
Prince of Beidi, fifth son of Liu Shan, the brightest of seven sons
Wei 16
The people who stood beside Cao Cao and those who came after him.
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Cao Cao
Courtesy name Mengde. Full of schemes from boyhood, he punished even powerful men who broke the rules as a commandant in Luoyang
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Cao Ren
A general of Cao Cao's own clan, posted at Fancheng with an eye on Jing Province
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Zhang Liao
A man of Mayi in Yanmen, courtesy name Wenyuan
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Cao Pi
Cao Cao's eldest son, contending with his younger brother Cao Zhi to be heir
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Cheng Yu
One of Cao Cao's advisers, who has long urged him to beware of Liu Bei
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Sima Yi
A minister of Wei, a deep schemer and the man Kongming is most wary of
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Li Dian
One of Cao Cao's generals, who watches Liu Bei from Fancheng alongside Cao Ren
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Xu Shu
A man of Yingchuan, courtesy name Yuanzhi, a swordsman turned scholar who first comes to Liu Bei under the name Shan Fu
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Cao Zhi
Cao Cao's third son, gifted and favoured by his father
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Cai Yang
One of Cao Cao's generals, the only one among them who would not accept Guan Yu
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Yue Jin
One of Cao Cao's generals, posted at Hefei with Zhang Liao and Li Dian
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Yang Xiu
Son of the Grand Commandant Yang Biao, a registrar in Cao Cao's chancellery and a gifted talker
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Cao Shuang
Son of Cao Zhen, grand general of Wei, who assists the young emperor together with Sima Yi
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Deng Ai
A general of Wei, born to a family that raised calves
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Zhong Hui
A general of Wei who leads a great army against Jiang Wei at Jiange
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Sima Yan
Eldest son of Sima Zhao, who succeeds his father as King of Jin
Wu 12
The Sun family east of the river and the people who held them up.
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Sun Quan
Sun Jian's second son, courtesy name Zhongmou, who inherited the lands east of the river from his brother Sun Ce
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Zhou Yu
A man of Lujiang, courtesy name Gongjin, the same age as Sun Ce and like a brother to him from boyhood
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Zhang Zhao
A civil official of Jiangdong, the man Sun Ce said to consult on matters within
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Sun Ce
Sun Jian's eldest son, courtesy name Bofu, whom the people of the east call Young Master Sun
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Lu Su
One of Sun Quan's officials, courtesy name Zijing
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Sun Jian
Governor of Changsha, courtesy name Wentai. A general with roots in the lands east of the Yangtze, who fights in a red headcloth
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Huang Gai
A general who follows Sun Jian and fights with an iron whip
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Lu Meng
One of Sun Quan's generals, often in the vanguard beside Gan Ning
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Gan Ning
One of Sun Quan's generals, who leads the van under Zhou Yu
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Lu Xun
A young official of Sun Quan's, deep in thought but not yet widely known
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Taishi Ci
A man of Huang County in Donglai, courtesy name Ziyi, a fine archer devoted to his old mother
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Lady Sun
Sun Quan's younger sister, fond of martial arts since childhood, whose maids wore swords
The Han court and the warlords 21
People in and around a collapsing Han dynasty who never stayed long with any of the three kingdoms.
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Lu Bu
A warrior who carries a crescent halberd. He first appears as the adopted son of Ding Yuan, Inspector of Jing Province
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Yuan Shao
A man of the Yuan family, which produced the highest ministers for four generations. He raises troops at Bohai against Dong Zhuo
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Dong Zhuo
A general at the head of the great armies of Xiliang, who enters Luoyang amid the chaos at the end of Han
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Liu Biao
Inspector of Jing Province, courtesy name Jingsheng. A kinsman of the Han house who in youth was one of the Eight Talents of Jiangxia
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Yuan Shu
Yuan Shao's younger brother and governor of Nanyang, who takes charge of the allied lords' grain
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Gongsun Zan
Governor of Beiping, who studied under the same teacher as Liu Bei in his youth
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Cai Mao
Liu Biao's brother-in-law and a general of Jing Province, in charge of its navy
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Liu Zhang
Courtesy name Jiyu. A member of the Han imperial clan who governs Yi Province
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Emperor Xian
The Emperor of Han. Set on the throne by Dong Zhuo, he is now kept by Cao Cao in Xuchang
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Dong Cheng
General of Chariots and Cavalry, called the Imperial In-law as the elder brother of the Emperor's consort Lady Dong
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Han Sui
A general of Xiliang, courtesy name Wenyue
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Chen Gong
Magistrate of Zhongmou County, courtesy name Gongtai, whose old mother, wife and children live in Dong commandery
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Sima Hui
A man of Yingchuan, courtesy name Decao, known as Master Water Mirror
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Wang Yun
Minister over the Masses at the Han court, and owner of the Seven Star Blade
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Diaochan
A singing girl raised in the house of the Minister Wang Yun, who treated her like his own daughter
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Xu Shu's mother
Xu Shu's aged mother, widowed early, who has lost her younger son Xu Kang as well
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Zhang Song
Assistant to Liu Zhang of Yi Province, short and plain-looking but never forgetting what he has once read
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Hua Tuo
A renowned physician from Qiao in the state of Pei
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Meng Huo
King of the southern Man, head of a family that has lived in the southern land for generations
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Tao Qian
Governor of Xu Province, courtesy name Gongzu, with two sons, Shang and Ying
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Xu You
A man of Nanyang, courtesy name Ziyuan. A friend of Cao Cao in his youth, he served Yuan Shao as an adviser
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