Xiahou Ba 夏侯霸

Xiahou Ba's father, Xiahou Yuan, was a clan younger brother of Xiahou Dun and had fought alongside Taizu (Cao Cao) from the time Taizu first raised troops. Holding Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan faced Liu Bei in a standoff and was killed in battle in the first month of the 24th year of Jian'an (219) when Liu Bei made a surprise attack. Xiahou Yuan's wife was the younger sister of Taizu's wife. Records, Wei 9 §14 · 24 · 27

The eldest son, Xiahou Heng, inherited Xiahou Yuan's title; in the Huangchu era the middle son, Xiahou Ba, and in the Taihe era Xiahou Ba's four younger brothers were all granted the rank of Marquis Within the Passes. In the Zhengshi era Xiahou Ba became Protector of the Army for the Campaign against Shu and General of the Right and was promoted to Marquis of Bochang Village, and he had always enjoyed Cao Shuang's generous favor. Records, Wei 9 §27

In the 8th year of Zhengshi (247), when the various Qiang of Longxi, Nan'an, Jincheng and Xiping rebelled and called in the Shu army, Xiahou Ba, as Protector of the Army for the Campaign against Shu, supervised the various armies and was stationed at Weichi. Guo Huai, reckoning that Jiang Wei would certainly come to attack Xiahou Ba, turned south to meet Xiahou Ba. Jiang Wei did indeed attack Weichi but withdrew when Guo Huai's army arrived. The Biography of Jiang Wei also records that in this year Jiang Wei fought Guo Huai, Xiahou Ba and others west of the Tao River. Records, Wei 26 §72–73Records, Shu 14 §33–34

Later, when Jiang Wei came out by Shiying and went west to meet Zhi Wudai, leaving Liao Hua at Mount Chengzhong to build a fort, Guo Huai sent Xiahou Ba and others separately to pursue Jiang Wei to Tazhong while he himself attacked Liao Hua. Jiang Wei, as expected, galloped back to rescue Liao Hua. Records, Wei 26 §75–76

On hearing that Cao Shuang had been executed, Xiahou Ba grew fearful for himself and fled to Shu. The Annals of the Second Lord record that in the first month of spring in the 12th year of Yanxi (249), when Wei executed the General-in-Chief Cao Shuang and others, General of the Right Xiahou Ba came over in surrender. Mindful of Xiahou Yuan's past merits, Wei pardoned Xiahou Ba's sons and moved them to Lelang Commandery. Xiahou Ba's younger brothers rose high: Xiahou Wei became Inspector of Yan Province, Xiahou Hui Administrator of Le'an, and Xiahou He Intendant of Henan. Records, Wei 9 §27–28Records, Shu 3 §29

Wang Jing, Inspector of Yong Province, once reported to Chen Tai, Wei's General Who Conquers the West, that Jiang Wei and Xiahou Ba intended to advance by three routes toward Mount Qi, Shiying and Jincheng. In the 18th year of Yanxi (255), Jiang Wei went out to Didao with General of Chariots and Cavalry Xiahou Ba and others and routed Wang Jing west of the Tao River, where tens of thousands of Wang Jing's men died. When Wang Jing withdrew to hold the city of Didao, Jiang Wei besieged it, but when Chen Tai came with his army and lifted the siege, Jiang Wei fell back to Zhongti. Records, Wei 22 §42Records, Shu 14 §37

In Shu, under the First Lord only Fa Zheng received a posthumous name; under the Second Lord, Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan and Fei Yi received them for their merit and heavy responsibilities, and Chen Zhi through imperial favor. Chen Shou wrote that because Xiahou Ba had come from afar to give his allegiance to the state, he too received a posthumous name, but neither that name nor the year of his death appears in Chen Shou's main text. Records, Shu 6 §41Records, Wei 9 §26–28

In his assessment in Records of Wei 9, Chen Shou said that the Xiahou and Cao clans had intermarried for generations, so that Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and others were honored and employed as close kinsmen, but he did not mention Xiahou Ba separately. Records, Wei 9 §132