Hua Xiong as depicted in the 84-episode TV serial Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Names
Simplified Chinese:	华雄
Traditional Chinese:	華雄
Pinyin:	Huà Xióng
Wade-Giles:	Hua Hsiung
Zi:	None/Unknown

Hua Xiong (? – 190) was a military commandant under the tyrannical warlord Dong Zhuo during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China. In 190, warlords around the country formed a coalition against Dong Zhuo, who was holding Emperor Xian hostage. In one of the battles against the coalition, Hua Xiong was executed after his force was defeated by Sun Jian at Yangren (阳人). Image File history File links Hua Xiong as depicted in the 84-episode TV serial Romance of the Three Kingdoms File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Hua Xiong as depicted in the 84-episode TV serial Romance of the Three Kingdoms File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Simplified Chinese: 三国演义; Traditional Chinese: 三國演義, Pinyin: sān guó yÇŽn yì), written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel about the turbulent period often referred to as the Three Kingdoms (220-280). ... Chinese personal names follow a number of conventions different from those of Western personal names. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... A Chinese courtesy name, sometimes also known as a style name, was a pseudonym that was used in place of a given name by educated Chinese up until the 20th century. ... For other uses, see number 190. ... Dong Zhuo (? – 192) was a warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China. ... The Han Dynasty (Traditional Chinese characters: 漢朝, Simplified Chinese characters: 汉朝, pinyin Hàncháo 202 BC - AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. ... The Three Kingdoms period (Traditional Chinese characters: 三國, Simplified Chinese characters: 三国, pinyin Sānguó) is a period in the History of China. ... Format of naming convention in English is under discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese). ... Sun Jian (å­«å …, pinyin: SÅ«n Jiān ) (156-192), courtesy name Wentai (文台), was a warlord from Jiang Dong, the southeastern part of China, later the Wu Kingdom. ...

Hua Xiong in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

While little was known about Hua Xiong from historical records, his character was given more significance in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In Chapter 5, as warlords around the country formed a coalition against Dong Zhuo, Hua Xiong was placed at Sishui Pass to ward off the attack. An historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, where the time the action takes place in predates the lifetime of the author -- distinguish and contrast the alternate history genre. ... Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Simplified Chinese: 三国演义; Traditional Chinese: 三國演義, Pinyin: sān guó yǎn yì), written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel about the turbulent period often referred to as the Three Kingdoms (220-280). ...

Having singlehandedly slain four generals of the coalition – Bao Zhong (鲍忠), Zu Mao (祖茂), Yu She (俞涉) and Pan Feng (潘凤) – Hua Xiong seemed indomitable. Despite mistrust from many warlords of the coalition, Guan Yu, who was a mere horsed archer then, volunteered to duel Hua Xiong. Cao Cao, one of the eighteen coalition leaders, poured Guan Yu a cup of hot wine but the latter declined, claiming he would soon return. Within moments Guan Yu truly returned with Hua Xiong's head in hand, while the wine was still warm! Guan Yu (160 – 219) was a military general under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. ... Cao Cao (155 – 220) was a regional warlord and the last Chancellor of Eastern Han Dynasty who rose to great power during the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty in ancient China. ...

Some say that the head of Hua Xiong was covered by his own clothes, when Guan Yu defeated him he cut a piece from Hua Xiong's clothes to cover Hua Xiong's head so the soldiers won't get scared. Some say that he covered Hua Xiong's head because one one of Guan Yu's soldiers were very young so he did not want him to get scared.

Reference

• Chen Shou (2002) San Guo Zhi, Yue Lu Shu She. ISBN 7-80665-198-5
• Luo Guanzhong (1986) San Guo Yan Yi, Yue Lu Shu She. ISBN 7-80520-013-0
• Lo Kuan-chung; tr. C.H. Brewitt-Taylor (2002) Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3467-9

See Also

• Three Kingdoms
• Personages of the Three Kingdoms
• Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms