Chunyu Qiong

Chunyu Qiong (Chinese淳于 琼/淳于 琼, Chunyu Qiong Pinyin, W.-G. Ch'unyu Ch'iung; † 200) was a general under the Chinese warlord Yuan Shao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

His life before the Battle of Guandu little is known. He was appointed 188 together with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to colonel of the West Garden Army. He probably left the capital at the same time as Yuan Shao, as which joined the coalition against Dong Zhuo 190. He was then one of the most deserving generals Yuan Shao and is referred to in a memorandum of Cao Cao as a " great general under Yuan Shao " (绍 大将).

In 200, Yuan Shao Cao Cao had become a geführlichen rivals for supremacy in the central plain. Prior to the Battle of Guandu, he spoke along with Guo Tu from a more aggressive approach against Cao Cao. The officer Ju Shou, however, formed the opposition, but Yuan Shao was Chunyu Qiong and Tu Guo a large army, with which they came to Yan Liang in the spring and Baima attacked, which was defended by Cao Cao's officer Liu Yan.

Later Chunyu Qiong led over 10,000 men after Wuchao to receive new supplies. At dawn, they were attacked by a raiding party that Cao Cao personally led. Yuan Shao's cavalry, sent relief has been wiped out, and Chunyu Qiong fell in battle. With the fall of Wuchao camp collapsed Yuan Shao's position and many of his generals ( as Zhang He and Gao Lan ) ran over to Cao Cao. Chunyu Qiong is a popular failure in China because of his defeat.

• Military person (China)
• The Three Kingdoms period
• Chinese
• Born in the 2nd century
• Died 200
• Man