Xu Chu

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Xǔ Zhǔ or Xu Chu (许褚) (* in Qiao; today's Bozhou in Anhui ) was the personal bodyguard of Cao Cao , the founder of the Wei Dynasty .

Xu came from Qiao County ( Chinese  譙 縣 , Pinyin qiao xiàn ) in the state of Pei ( Chinese  Pin , Pinyin pèi guó ). According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, he reached a height of over 8 chi (approx. 2.40 m) and a body circumference of 10 white (132 cm). During the Eastern Han Dynasty , he built a fortress with thousands of his clan to fight the uprising of the Yellow Turban until they were attacked by a huge number of rebels from Runan , which Xu Zhu is said to have driven back with huge stones. Another legend tells that he offered the rebels the following trade when the fortress ran out of food: he exchanged oxen for food that ran back after the exchange, and one of them dragged Xu Zhu by the tail.

In 197, Xu Zhu Cao Cao surrendered and, because of his strength, made him captain of the bodyguard known as the Tiger Guards. At the Battle of Guandu (200) he averted the attack by Xu Ta from Cao Cao. After taking Ye (203), he appointed him Marquis of Guannei (关内侯). In 211, during the campaign against Ma Chao and Han Sui , Cao Cao was ambushed, but Xu Zhu was again able to save him.

After Cao Cao's death (220), Xu Zhu fell ill with grief. Cao Pi made him General of Wuwei , Cao Rui Marquis of Mouxiang . After his death, Xu Zhu was posthumously awarded the title of Marquis Zhuang .