Li Dian

李典
Courtesy name: Mancheng (曼成)
Li Dian
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Ancestral home
Juye, Shanyang (Juye County, Shandong)
Book mentions
75
Roles:
general
Factions:
Cao Cao (primary)
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Appears in 25 chapters:
  • Chapter 5 — Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords; The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu.
    Li Dian; arrives from Julu among the first to join Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 6 — Burning The Capital, Dong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity; Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith.
    Li Dian; part of Cao Cao's pursuit force at Xingyang.
  • Chapter 11 — Liu Bei Rescues Kong Rong At Beihai; Lu Bu Defeats Cao Cao Near Puyang.
    Li Dian; serves under Cao Cao at Puyang.
  • Chapter 12 — Tao Qian Thrice Offers Xuzhou To Liu Bei; Cao Cao Retakes Yanzhou From Lu Bu.
    Urges Cao Cao to let others enter Puyang first (unheeded), captures the rebel chief Huang Shao bare-handed at Goat Hill, and seizes the drawbridge that locks Xue Lan out of Yanzhou.
  • Chapter 14 — Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang; Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou.
    Li Dian; with the escort force.
  • Chapter 16 — In The Camp Gate, Lu Bu Shoots The Halberd; At River Yu, Cao Cao Suffers A Defeat.
    Li Dian; serves under Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 18 — Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory; Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye.
    Li Dian; serves under Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 22 — Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field; Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.
    Posted with Yu Jin along the Yellow River when the Liyang standoff breaks up.
  • Chapter 23 — Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
    Li Dian; serves under Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 24 — Cao Cao Murdered The Consort Dong; Liu Bei Flees To Yuan Shao.
    Li Dian; in the Xuzhou assault.
  • Chapter 27 — The Man Of Beautiful Beard Rides On A Solitary Journey; Guan Yu Slays Six Generals Through Five Passes.
    Li Dian; named in passing in Cao Cao's circle.
  • Chapter 30 — Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries; Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.
    Li Dian; commands part of the Cao Cao army at Guandu.
  • Chapter 31 — Cao Cao Overcomes Yuan Shao In Cangting; Liu Bei Seeks Shelter With Liu Biao In Jingzhou.
    Third ambush company on the left at Cangting, barring the road paired with Xu Huang; in the south he rides with Yu Jin in the night pursuit that scatters Liu Bei's escape.
  • Chapter 32 — Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives; River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes.
    Sent with Yue Jin to waylay the five thousand grudging reinforcements Yuan Shang spared his brother - the destruction that makes Yuan Tan execute Peng Ji.
  • Chapter 33 — A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen; An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong.
    Marches on Bingzhou with Yue Jin and Zhang Yan, and holds the recaptured Huguan Pass shut behind the ambushed Gao Gan.
  • Chapter 35 — Liu Bei Meets A Recluse At Nanzhang; Shan Fu Sees A Noble Lord At Xinye.
    The voice of caution at Fancheng: hold, and ask the Prime Minister for reinforcements - 'to know your enemy and yourself is the secret of victory; I am not afraid of the battle, but I do not think we can conquer.' Called traitor twice for it, he is shamed into marching anyway.
  • Chapter 36 — Shan Fu's Strategy: Fankou Is Captured; Xu Shu's Affection: Zhuge Liang Is Recommended.
    Loses ten bouts to Zhao Zilong and counsels retreat to Fancheng - for which Cao Ren orders his execution, commuted to rear-guard duty. Every warning he gives proves right, and it is he who drags Cao Ren into the boat that saves his life.
  • Chapter 39 — At Jingzhou, The Son Of Liu Biao Thrice Begs Advice; At Bowang Slope, The Directing Instructor Plans His First Battle.
    Li Dian; warns Xiahou Dun against the narrow road at Bowang Slope; ignored, then proven right.
  • Chapter 40 — Lady Cai Renounces Jingzhou; Zhuge Liang Burns Xinye.
    Publicly rewarded for the warning Xiahou Dun ignored at Bowang, and paired with Yu Jin over the fourth division of the southern host.
  • Chapter 42 — Screaming Zhang Fei Triumphs At Long Slope Bridge; Defeated Liu Bei Marches To Hanjin.
    Warns that the invitingly broken bridge smells of Zhuge Liang's wiles - overruled: 'Zhang Fei is just a bold warrior, and there is no guile about him.'
  • Chapter 48 — Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
    Li Dian; with Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 50 — Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode; Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao.
    Escorts the advisers through the fire with Xu Chu to rejoin Cao Cao - and is named one of Zhang Liao's two aids for the Hefei command.
  • Chapter 53 — Guan Yu Releases Huang Zhong; Sun Quan Fights With Zhang Liao.
    Shoots Song Qian dead from behind as he pursues Yue Jin, and drags the plotters Ge Ding and the groom before Zhang Liao for beheading.
  • Chapter 67 — Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong; Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao.
    Li Dian; defends Hefei with Zhang Liao.
  • Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
    Li Dian; with Cao Cao at Ruxu.