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Zhang Nan张南

Wei (Cao)History × Fiction

A general under Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang who defected to Cao Cao; the novel has him die at Red Cliffs.

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Zhang Nan, and the people around them.

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ALLEGIANCE

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

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Cao Cao
Zhang Nan→Cao Caosurrender
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二将倒戈卸甲，特来投降。
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 33

CONFLICT

Battles, captures and defeat

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Zhou Tai
Zhou Tai→Zhang Nanslay
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手起刀落，砍张南于水中
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 48
Yuan Xi
Zhang Nan→Yuan Xirebel attack
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叛攻熙、尚
Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·武帝纪

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A general under Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang who rebelled against his former lords and surrendered to Cao Cao.

A former Yuan general, slain by Zhou Tai during the Battle of Red Cliffs.

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Official history
Book of the Later Han
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Literature / legend
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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- Zhang Nan→ surrender →Cao Cao
- Zhou Tai→ slay →Zhang Nan
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1. 二将倒戈卸甲，特来投降。
  surrender · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 33
2. 手起刀落，砍张南于水中
  slay · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 48
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Official history
Records of the Three Kingdoms
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- Zhang Nan→ surrender →Cao Cao
- Zhang Nan→ rebel attack →Yuan Xi
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1. 触等举其县降
  surrendered · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·武帝纪
2. 叛攻熙、尚
  rebel attack · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·武帝纪
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