Guo Xun
courtesy name 孝先 · also called 郭修 · –253
Guo Xun, courtesy name Xiaoxian, was a Wei defector known for assassinating Shu General-in-Chief Fei Yi at Hanshou.
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Guo Xun (courtesy name Xiaoxian) was a defector from Wei, mentioned in relevant accounts in the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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- The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Wei Clan states that Guo Xiu, courtesy name Xiaoxian, was known for his conduct and achievements and was renowned in the western regions. After Jiang Wei seized him, he refused to yield. (Recorded in the histories)
- In the fifth year of the Jiaoping era, Guo Xun assassinated the Shu Grand General Fei Yi amid a large gathering in Hanshou. Wei issued an edict posthumously enfeoffing him as Marquis of Changle Township and granting him the posthumous title Marquis Wei. (Recorded in the histories)
- The Records of the Three Kingdoms records that Guo Xun, a defector from Wei, was present at the New Year’s grand assembly in the sixteenth year of the Yanxi era. Fei Yi drank merrily and became intoxicated, whereupon Guo Xun killed him with his own hand. (Recorded in the histories)
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- RecordsJuan 33AssassinationFei YiWon「大將軍費禕為魏降人郭循所殺於漢壽」
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