Guan Hai

Guan Hai was a Yellow Turban rebel general active in the Shandong area during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. In 193, Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, set out to Duchang (都昌) to quell Yellow Turban Rebellion. In response, Guan led his army to surround Duchang and laid siege to it. Kong sent Taishi Ci to seek help from Liu Bei, who agreed to lend Taishi 3,000 soldiers to relief the siege. Guan's men dispersed after Liu's reinforcements arrived in Duchang.

In fiction

Guan Yu defeats Guan Hai. Qing dynasty illustration of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

In Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Hai was said to have the strength of ten men and he helped to lead a third insurgence of the Yellow Turbans. In the attack on Kong Rong, Guan Hai challenged Guan Yu to a duel and was slain by his opponent after a few rounds.

See also

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

• Chen, Shou. Sanguo Zhi. Vol 49.
• de Crespigny, Rafe (2007), A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0 
• Fan, Ye. Book of Later Han. Vol 70.
• Luo, Guanzhong. Romance of the Three Kingdoms