Kuai Liang

蒯良
Courtesy name: Zirou (子柔)
Ancestral home
Zhonglu, Nan (Nanzhang County, Hubei)
Book mentions
12
Roles:
advisor
Factions:
Liu Biao (primary)
Relationships:
Kuai Yue Brother
Appears in 6 chapters:
  • Chapter 6 — Burning The Capital, Dong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity; Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith.
    Kuai Liang; Kuai Yue's brother; senior adviser among Liu Biao's three famous helpers.
  • Chapter 7 — Yuan Shao Fights Gongsun Zan At The River Pan; Sun Jian Attacks Liu Biao Across The Great River.
    Liu Biao's chief mind this chapter: plans Huang Zu's defense, reads the falling star as Sun Jian's death, designs Lü Gong's boulder-and-arrow ambush in the Xian Hills to the letter, demands Cai Mao's execution after the sortie disaster - and ends the chapter demanding envoy Huan Ji's head to unlock a total victory.
  • Chapter 8 — Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme; Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion.
    Kuai Liang; advises Liu Biao to attack the weakened Sun family rather than make peace - Liu Biao ignores him.
  • Chapter 18 — Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory; Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye.
    Reads Sun Ce's river camp as Cao Cao's diversion and urges Liu Biao out to Anzhong - 'never-ending regret if Cao Cao escapes'.
  • Chapter 23 — Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
    Kuai Liang; with Liu Biao when Mi Heng is forwarded; counsels passing him along to Huang Zu.
  • Chapter 34 — Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret; Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.
    Already dead by this chapter: Kuai Yue cites him - 'my passed-away brother, Kuai Liang, knew horses very well' - while diagnosing the Dilu's tear-tracks.