Is “Regarding the incident where Gao Shun defeated Xiahou Dun, the novel rewrites it as Gao Shun losing in single combat and fleeing, with a colleague shooting a hidden arrow; in the official history, Gao Shun directly defeated Xiahou Dun.” true?
Regarding the battle where Xiahou Dun rescued Liu Bei, the official history 'Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biographies of Lü Bu, Zhang Miao, and Zang Hong' records: 'The Grand Ancestor sent Xiahou Dun to rescue Bei, and he was defeated by Shun.' Gao Shun directly won in the battle. However, in Chapter 18 of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', it is rewritten as Gao Shun losing in single combat: 'The two horses crossed, and after forty to fifty bouts, Gao Shun could not resist and fled in defeat.' Then, while Xiahou Dun was pursuing Gao Shun, his colleague Cao Xing shot a hidden arrow, hitting his left eye, and Cao's army was greatly defeated.
In the official history, Gao Shun directly defeated Xiahou Dun; in the novel, he was changed to lose in single combat and was shot by a colleague's hidden arrow.
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