Ying Yu
courtesy name 子正
Ying Yu, a merit officer in Cao Wei's Nanyang Commandery, became known for taking arrows to save Administrator Dongli Gun.
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History · vol. 4Records of the Three Kingdoms
六月丙子，詔曰：「昔南陽郡山賊擾攘，欲劫質故太守東里衮，功曹應余獨身捍衮，遂免於難。…
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六月丙子，詔曰：「昔南陽郡山賊擾攘，欲劫質故太守東里衮，功曹應余獨身捍衮，遂免於難。余顛沛殞斃，殺身濟君。其下司徒，署余孫倫吏，使蒙伏節之報。」〈《楚國先賢傳》曰：余字子正，天姿方毅，志尚仁義，建安二十三年為郡功曹。是時吳、蜀不賔，疆埸多虞。宛將侯音扇動山民，保城以叛。余與太守東里衮當擾攘之際、迸竄得出。音即遣騎追逐，去城十里相及，賊便射衮，飛矢交流。余前以身當箭，被七創，因謂追賊曰：「侯音狂狡，造為凶逆，大軍尋至，誅夷在近。謂卿曹本是善人，素無惡心，當思反善，何為受其指揮？我以身代君，已被重創，若身死君全，隕沒無恨。」因仰天號哭泣涕，血淚俱下。賊見其義烈，釋衮不害。賊去之後，余亦命絕。征南將軍曹仁討平音，表余行狀，并脩祭醊。太祖聞之，嗟嘆良乆，下荊州復表門閭，賜穀千斛。衮後為于禁司馬，見《魏略·游說傳》。〉
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Ying Yu, courtesy name Zizheng, served as a registrar in Nanyang Commandery on Cao Wei’s side. He does not appear in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
In the twenty-third year of Jian’an, Ying Yu, registrar of Nanyang Commandery, fled the city with its governor, Dongli Gun, during Hou Yin’s Rebellion. When pursuers caught up with them, Ying Yu shielded Dongli Gun from arrows, sustaining seven wounds, and urged the pursuers to spare him. The bandits released Gun, and after they left, Ying Yu also died. (Recorded in the historical sources.)
After Cao Ren suppressed Hou Yin’s Rebellion, he submitted a memorial recounting Ying Yu’s deeds and arranged a memorial sacrifice. When Taizu heard the news, he lamented Ying Yu’s fate and ordered Jing Province to honor his family at their gate and grant them a thousand hu of grain. (Recorded in the historical sources.)
Relationships
- Shared danger with the governor, Dongli Gun, and shielded him from arrows, saving him from harm
- Cao Ren submitted a memorial recounting his deeds and arranged a memorial sacrifice
- Taizu ordered that his family be honored at their gate and granted a thousand hu of grain
- His grandson, Ying Lun, was appointed to an official post
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Hou Yin
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History · vol. 4
- Hou Yin§59
Enemy
During Hou Yin's Rebellion, sent cavalry to pursue and kill; Yu was gravely wounded and died protecting Hu Gun