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Xun Yu

Xun Yu, Wei's Supervising Censor, was ordered to light signal fires in Jiangxia; Sun Quan withdrew. He is absent from the novel.

History Records, vol. 3 · Not in the Romance

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History · vol. 3Records of the Three Kingdoms
…先時遣治書侍御史荀禹慰勞邊方，禹到，於江夏發所經縣兵及所從步騎千人乘山舉火，權退走。
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八月，孫權攻江夏郡，太守文聘堅守。朝議欲發兵救之，帝曰：「權習水戰，所以敢下船陸攻者，幾掩不備也。今已與聘相持，夫攻守勢倍，終不敢久也。」先時遣治書侍御史荀禹慰勞邊方，禹到，於江夏發所經縣兵及所從步騎千人乘山舉火，權退走。

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Xun Yu was an Wei-appointed Supervising Secretary of the Palace Writers. He appears in relevant accounts in the Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance does not mention him.

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Xun Yu was ordered to comfort the frontier. After arriving in Jiangxia, he conscripted soldiers from the counties along his route and led a thousand accompanying infantry and cavalry up a mountain to light signal fires, whereupon Sun Quan withdrew. (As recorded in the historical sources)

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He was ordered to comfort the frontier; the relevant court and the person who dispatched him are not named in the sources.
He opposed Sun Quan in the fighting at Jiangxia.

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