Horse
Jueying 絕影
About this item
Jueying was the horse Cao Cao rode. The name does not appear in Chen Shou's text; it appears only in the Book of Wei (Weishu) quoted in Pei Songzhi's commentary on the passage about the fighting at Wan in the 2nd year of Jian'an (197) in the Annals of Emperor Wu in Records of Wei 1. The Book of Wei records that the horse Cao Cao rode was named Jueying, that it was hit by a stray arrow and wounded in the cheek and the leg, and that Cao Cao too was hit by an arrow in the right arm. Records, Wei 1 §43
Chapter 16 of the Romance says only that the horse Cao Cao rode in the same battle was a fine horse from Dayuan, and does not use the name Jueying. Though hit by three arrows, the horse runs on swiftly, but just as it crosses the river and climbs the bank it is shot in the eye and falls, and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang gives his own horse to Cao Cao. Romance, Ch. 16 §53–54
In the Records
According to the Annals of Emperor Wu in Records of Wei 1, in the 1st month of spring in the 2nd year of Jian'an (197), when Cao Cao reached Wan, Zhang Xiu surrendered but soon regretted it and rebelled again. Cao Cao fought him, but his army was defeated and he was hit by a stray arrow, and his eldest son Cao Ang and his nephew Cao Anmin were killed. Chen Shou's text says nothing about the horse Cao Cao rode. Records, Wei 1 §43
In his commentary on this passage Pei Songzhi quotes the Book of Wei (Weishu), recording that the horse Cao Cao rode was named Jueying, that it was hit by a stray arrow and wounded in the cheek and the leg, and that Cao Cao too was hit by an arrow in the right arm. The Shiyu (Sayings of the Age), quoted next, records that Cao Ang, being unable to ride, gave his own horse to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao escaped and Cao Ang was killed. What became of Jueying afterwards is not found even in the commentary. Records, Wei 1 §43
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Ownership history
| Owner | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cao Cao | 197 | Records 「公所乘馬名絕影，爲流矢所中，傷頰及足」 · 「二年春正月，公到宛」 |
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