Wen Chou

文醜
Died
200
Book mentions
45
Roles:
general
Factions:
Yuan Shao (primary)
Appears in 10 chapters:
  • Chapter 5 — Cao Cao Appeals To The Powerful Lords; The Three Brothers Fight Against Lu Bu.
    Wen Chou; named among Yuan Shao's warriors (his role expands at the Yan Ford in chapter 26).
  • Chapter 6 — Burning The Capital, Dong Zhuo Commits An Atrocity; Hiding The Imperial Hereditary Seal, Sun Jian Breaks Faith.
    Draws steel behind Yuan Shao when the seal confrontation with Sun Jian brings every sword in the assembly out of its scabbard.
  • Chapter 7 — Yuan Shao Fights Gongsun Zan At The River Pan; Sun Jian Attacks Liu Biao Across The Great River.
    Runs Gongsun Zan down at the River Pan bridge: ten bouts break the White Horse general, one of his four rescuers dies on the first stroke, and only a grassy-mound ambush of a young spearman - Zhao Zilong, trading fifty even bouts - stops the kill. Earlier he and Yan Liang beheaded the assassins Geng Wu and Guan Chun.
  • Chapter 22 — Yuan Shao And Cao Cao Both Take The Field; Guan Yu And Zhang Fei Captures Two Generals.
    Wen Chou; named alongside Yan Liang as Yuan Shao's other champion.
  • Chapter 26 — Yuan Shao Loses Another Leader; Guan Yu Abandons Rank And Wealth.
    Wen Chou; Yuan Shao's second great champion; routs Cao Cao's vanguard at Yan Crossing before Guan Yu charges in and cuts him down with a single saber-stroke. The mirror of Yan Liang's death.
  • Chapter 27 — The Man Of Beautiful Beard Rides On A Solitary Journey; Guan Yu Slays Six Generals Through Five Passes.
    Wen Chou; named in passing - long dead.
  • Chapter 28 — Putting Cai Yang To Death, The Brothers' Doubts Disappear; Meeting At Gucheng, Lord and Lieges Fortify Each Other.
    Wen Chou; named in passing in the recap.
  • Chapter 45 — At The Three Gorges, Cao Cao Loses Soldiers; In The Gathering Of Heroes, Jiang Gan Is Trapped.
    Wen Chou; named in passing - long dead.
  • Chapter 49 — On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds; At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire.
    Wen Chou; named in passing - long dead.
  • Chapter 77 — Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang; Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.
    Wen Chou; named in passing - already long dead.