Gongsun Yuan (公孫淵 gong1 sun1 yuan1; ?-238) was a Chinese warlord in Liaodong and northwestern Korea. ... Gongsun Du (Traditional Chinese: 公孫度, pinyin: Gōngsūn Dù; ?-204) was a general of the Late Eastern Han Dynasty. ... Gongsun Zan (公孫瓚 gong1 sun1 zan4) was a warlord of northern China active toward the end of the second century AD. He was commander of a cavalry force and served on the northern and western frontiers of the Han Dynasty empire fighting against various non-Chinese peoples. ... Gongsun Kang (公孫康 gong1 sun1 kang1; ?-221) was a Chinese warlord in Liaodong and northwestern Korea. ... Gongsun Longzi (ch. ... For logicians with a lower-case l, see list of logicians. ...
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In Chapter 5, warlords around the country formed a coalition against Dong Zhuo, the tyrannical warlord and minister who held the puppet Emperor Xian hostage in the capital Luoyang.
Guan Yu and his sworn brothers were then serving in the camp of Gongsun Zan, a warlord from northern China who was also in the coalition.
Dong Zhuo placed Hua Xiong at the Sishui Pass to ward off the attack.