Guan Xing 關興

In Chapter 74 of the Romance he came, as the second son, to pay his respects at the camp of Guan Yu, who was attacking Fancheng, and Guan Yu had him carry the records of the officers who had distinguished themselves to the King of Hanzhong in Chengdu to request their promotion. In Chapter 77 he reached Chengdu and reported in detail on the drowning of the seven armies, and in Chapter 78, after Guan Yu's death, he came before Liu Bei wailing aloud. Romance, Ch. 74 §41Romance, Ch. 77 §37Romance, Ch. 78 §2

In Chapter 81, dressed in a white robe and silver armor, he came to the camp of Liu Bei, who had set out to attack Wu, and prostrated himself weeping. When Zhang Bao was about to take the vanguard's seal, he stepped forward demanding that the seal be handed to him, and when Zhang Bao hit a red target a hundred paces away with three arrows, he shot down the third goose in a passing flight. When Zhang Bao, wielding his father's eighteen-foot steel-pointed spear, and Guan Xing, wielding the great blade handed down in his family, were about to clash, Liu Bei rebuked them, and since Zhang Bao was a year older, he had Guan Xing bow to Zhang Bao as his elder brother. The two broke an arrow to seal their oath and served as guards of the imperial carriage. Romance, Ch. 81 §24–25 · 33–37

In the battle against Sun Huan in Chapter 82, when Li Yi was about to bring his axe down on Zhang Bao, whose horse had fallen, Guan Xing cut Li Yi down and saved Zhang Bao. The next day he fought Sun Huan for more than thirty bouts and drove him back, and he returned carrying Tan Xiong alive under his arm, the man who had secretly shot an arrow at Zhang Bao's horse the day before. Romance, Ch. 82 §26–29

At Xiaoting in Chapter 83, pursuing his father's enemy Pan Zhang, he lost his way and stayed the night at a farmhouse in the mountains where an image of Guan Yu was enshrined. When Pan Zhang, who came to stay there after him, saw Guan Yu's spirit and was struck senseless with terror, Guan Xing beheaded him and recovered his father's Green Dragon Crescent Blade. On the way back he was surrounded by Ma Zhong and rescued by Zhang Bao, and on Liu Bei's orders he made Mi Fang and Fu Shiren kneel before Guan Yu's spirit tablet and cut them to pieces with his own blade. In Chapter 84, escorting the fleeing Liu Bei, he found the way blocked by Zhu Ran and was badly wounded along with Zhang Bao. Romance, Ch. 83 §16–23 · 28Romance, Ch. 84 §28

In the northern expedition of Chapter 91, as General Who Soars Like a Dragon (longxiang jiangjun), he served as Left Guard Commander before the Tent. In Chapter 92 he came to aid Zhao Yun and beheaded the Wei general Dong Xi, and at Nan'an, having received a secret plan from Zhuge Liang, he mingled with Cui Liang's troops to reach the foot of the city walls, then beheaded Yang Ling and set fires on the walls. In Chapter 94, surrounded by the iron chariots of the Qiang troops and chased by Yueji, he fell into the water, whereupon Yueji, in pursuit, pitched into the water for no apparent reason, and Guan Yu appeared holding the Green Dragon Blade and riding the Red Hare, pointed to a road to the southeast, and said he would see him back to camp. Romance, Ch. 91 §43Romance, Ch. 92 §21 · 38–41Romance, Ch. 94 §8–11

In Chapter 95, after Jieting was lost, he and Zhang Bao each led 3,000 troops onto the byways of Mount Wugong, beating drums and shouting, so that Sima Yi abandoned all his baggage and withdrew. In Chapter 101 he took turns with Wei Yan fighting and fleeing, drawing Zhang He into pursuit. In Chapter 102, in the 12th year of Jianxing (234), as Zhuge Liang was deliberating another campaign, word came that Guan Xing had died of illness, and Zhuge Liang wept aloud until he collapsed, lamenting that Heaven does not grant long life to the loyal and righteous. Romance, Ch. 95 §38 · 50–51Romance, Ch. 101 §45–46 · 56Romance, Ch. 102 §3