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Mi Zhu糜竺

Shu HanHistory × Fiction

An official of the Shu Han regime during the Three Kingdoms period, a strategist for Liu Bei, who once offered a plan to seek rescue.

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KINSHIP

Kinship

Blood, marriage and sworn bonds

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ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

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In history · Records of the Three Kingdoms

A trusted minister of Liu Bei, a wealthy merchant from Xuzhou, who followed Liu Bei. A native of Qu County in the East Sea, a wealthy merchant, later followed Liu Bei and presented his younger sister as a wife.

In fiction · Romance of the Three Kingdoms · Extensive Records of the Taiping Era · Researches into Lost Records · In Search of the Supernatural

Mi Zhu served as the Biejia of Xuzhou and once offered a plan to seek rescue. Later he followed Liu Bei, assisted in governing Xuzhou, advised him not to accept Lü Bu, and saw through Cao Cao's scheme. As Liu Bei's brother-in-law, he and his younger brother Mi Fang guarded the central army. Later he abandoned Xuzhou, sought out Zhang Fei, and gathered together. While guarding a county, he escorted the family and was rescued by Zhao Yun. He was sent as an envoy to Eastern Wu to probe the situation, and sailed to capture and suppress defeated troops. He assisted Guan Yu in guarding Jingzhou and was an old minister of Liu Bei.

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  1. 19 profile notes
    4 relations4 verified quotations
    • Kong RongreceiveMi Zhu
    • Mi Zhuoffer planTao Qian
    • Tao QiandispatchMi Zhu
    • Lady MisiblingsMi Zhu
    Verified original text · 4
    1. 融请入见,问其来意

      receive · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 11

    2. 某愿亲往北海郡,求孔融起兵救援

      offer plan · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 11

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  2. 2 profile notes
    3 relations3 verified quotations
    • Liu BeisubordinateMi Zhu
    • Mi Zhuoffer sisterLiu Bei
    • Mi Zhuoffer planTao Qian
    Verified original text · 3
    1. 竺率州人迎先主

      subordinate · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 蜀书·先主传

    2. 竺于是进妹于先主为夫人

      offer sister · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 蜀书·许糜孙简伊秦传

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  3. Literature / legend

    Researches into Lost Records

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    1 relations1 verified quotations
    • Mi ZhufundLiu Bei
    Verified original text · 1
    1. 乃输其宝物车服,以助先主

      fund · Researches into Lost Records, 卷八

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    0 relations0 verified quotations

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Relationship network

5 figures · 13 links
Mi ZhuMi ZhuLiu BeiLiu BeiKong RongKong RongTao QianTao QianLady MiLady Mi
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Sources: Records of the Three Kingdoms, 蜀书·先主传; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 11; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 鬼二; Researches into Lost Records, 卷八; In Search of the Supernatural, ch. 4; Records of the Three Kingdoms, 蜀书·许糜孙简伊秦传; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 12; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 13

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