Han Zhong 韓忠
| Occupation | NGeneral | Faction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears | N | Biography in | |
| Cause of death | NKilled in battle Unverified | ||
| Existence | Fictional | Mentions |
Profile
Han Zhong is a remnant of the Yellow Turbans who appears in Chapter 2 of the Romance. After Zhang Jue's death, together with Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong he gathers a host of tens of thousands, burning and plundering wherever they go and proclaiming that they will avenge Zhang Jue, and they hold Wancheng against Zhu Jun's army. Romance, Ch. 2 §8 · 10
When the food in the city runs out he sends men to offer surrender, but Zhu Jun refuses. Following the advice of Xuande (Liu Bei), Zhu Jun leaves the southeast open and attacks only the northwest, and Han Zhong, abandoning the city and fleeing at the head of his troops, is struck by arrows and killed. Romance, Ch. 2 §11 · 13–14
He appears in only one of the Romance's 120 chapters, Chapter 2, and no chapter has his name in its title. The Biographies of Sun Jian and Sun Ce in Chen Shou's main text say only that the bandits of Runan and Yingchuan, hard pressed, fled to Wancheng and held it, and that Sun Jian was the first to mount the wall and heavily defeated them; the Yellow Turban Han Zhong appears neither in Chen Shou's main text nor in Pei Songzhi's commentary. The Han Zhong in the Biographies of Man, Tian, Qian and Guo in Chen Shou's main text is an envoy sent by Gongsun Kang, Administrator of Liaodong, to King Qiao of the Wuhuan of Liucheng, and is a different person. Romance, Ch. 2 §10Records, Wu 1 §7Records, Wei 26 §47
In the Romance
In Chapter 2 of the Romance, Zhu Jun attacks Yangcheng with all his strength, and when the bandit commander Yan Zheng stabs Zhang Bao to death and surrenders, offering up his head, Zhu Jun at last pacifies several commanderies and sends up a memorial reporting his victory. Just then three more remnants of the Yellow Turbans, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong and Sun Zhong, gather a host of tens of thousands, burning and plundering wherever they go and proclaiming that they will avenge Zhang Jue. The court orders Zhu Jun to lead his victorious army straight against them, and the bandits are holding Wancheng. Romance, Ch. 2 §9–10
When Zhu Jun leads his troops against Wancheng, Zhao Hong sends Han Zhong out to fight. Zhu Jun has Xuande, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei attack the southwest corner of the city, and when Han Zhong comes with all his picked troops to defend the southwest corner, Zhu Jun himself drives 2,000 iron-clad cavalry straight against the northeast corner. Fearing the loss of the city, the bandits abandon the southwest and hurry back, Xuande falls on them from behind, and the bandits are badly defeated and flee into Wancheng. Romance, Ch. 2 §10–11
Zhu Jun divides his troops and surrounds the city on all four sides, and when the food in the city runs out, Han Zhong sends men out of the city to offer surrender, but Zhu Jun refuses. When Xuande asks why he rejects Han Zhong, since Gaozu of old won the realm by accepting those who surrendered and embracing those who submitted, Zhu Jun answers that now the realm is united and only the Yellow Turbans have rebelled, so that accepting their surrender would give no encouragement to the good and would only feed the bandits' ambitions. Romance, Ch. 2 §11–12
Xuande says that if they are surrounded on all four sides as if by an iron barrel, the bandits, unable to surrender even if they wish to, will surely fight to the death, but that if the southeast is left open and only the northwest attacked, the bandits will abandon the city and flee. Zhu Jun withdraws the troops on the two sides of the southeast and attacks the northwest all at once, and Han Zhong does indeed abandon the city and flee at the head of his troops; Zhu Jun, together with Xuande, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, falls on them with the three armies and shoots Han Zhong dead with arrows, and the rest scatter and flee in all directions. In the midst of the pursuit, Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong arrive with a horde of bandits, and Zhao Hong seizes the chance when Zhu Jun withdraws his troops for a while to retake Wancheng. Romance, Ch. 2 §13–14
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Abilities
There is no record in the main text of Chen Shou’s Records, so only the Romance score is given.
- LEA40
- STR38
- INT32
- POL31
- CHA45
- VIR20
- ADP35
- SCH31
- DIP33
- DIS31
Evidence by ability
NLed his picked troops to defend the southwest but was badly defeatedCh. 2 §11
NNo direct record — estimated from the record of him as a leader of the Yellow Turban remnantsCh. 2 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from the record of him as a leader of the Yellow Turban remnantsCh. 2 §10
NGathered a host of tens of thousands together with Zhao Hong and Sun ZhongCh. 2 §10
NBurned and plundered wherever he wentCh. 2 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from the record of him as a leader of the Yellow Turban remnantsCh. 2 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from the record of him as a leader of the Yellow Turban remnantsCh. 2 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from the record of him as a leader of the Yellow Turban remnantsCh. 2 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from the record of him as a leader of the Yellow Turban remnantsCh. 2 §10
Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
Romance chapters (1)
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Allegiance history
- Yellow Turbans · Romance · 「黃巾餘黨三人：趙弘、韓忠、孫仲」