rotk.net - Xun You

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Born: 157
Died: 214
Ancestral home: Yingyin County, Yingchuan (Xuchang County, Henan)
Book mentions: 36

Roles:

advisor politician

Factions:

Cao Cao (primary) Han dynasty

Relationships:

Awu Concubine

Xun Yu Uncle

Appears in 18 chapters:

Chapter 2 — Zhang Fei Whips The Government Officer; He Jin Plots To Kill The Eunuchs.
Xun You; named among the courtiers being drawn into He Jin's camp.
Chapter 10 — Gathering Arms, Ma Teng Moves To Rescue The Emperor; Commanding A Force, Cao Cao Marches To Avenge His Father.
Xun You; arrives at Cao Cao's camp with his uncle Xun Yu and joins the inner council.
Chapter 14 — Cao Cao Moves The Court To Xuchang; Lu Bu Leads A Night Raid Against Xuzhou.
Xun You; adviser at Cao Cao's side during the Xuchang relocation.
Chapter 18 — Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory; Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye.
Judges Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu too freshly beaten to stir, and names the real danger: Lü Bu joined to Yuan Shu astride the Huai and Si rivers.
Chapter 19 — Cao Cao Makes Flood In Xiapi; Lu Bu Perishes At The White Gate Tower.
Kills the retreat proposal at the council: Lü Bu's spirit is broken and Chen Gong is clever but unheeded - 'it only needs a sharp attack'. The flooding follows.
Chapter 23 — Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
Xun You; with Cao Cao.
Chapter 26 — Yuan Shao Loses Another Leader; Guan Yu Abandons Rank And Wealth.
The only man who reads the abandoned wagons for what they are - 'these are a bait for the enemy; why retire?' - earning Cao Cao's glance: 'he understands, do not say anything.'
Chapter 30 — Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries; Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.
Xun You; advises the Wuchao raid; named with Jia Xu as Cao Cao's key strategists at Guandu.
Chapter 32 — Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives; River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes.
Twice the campaign's hinge: his council speech ('let them fight till they are weakened') converts Yuan Tan's dubious surrender into grand strategy, his 'Heaven's thunder' goad launches the northern march, and the flooding of Yejun by the diverted River Zhang is his suggestion.
Chapter 33 — A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen; An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong.
Designs the false-desertion ruse that takes Huguan Pass, and stands beside Cao Cao on the Jizhou tower when the golden light bursts from the earth - 'surely a treasure is buried there.'
Chapter 34 — Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret; Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.
Reads the bronze bird as King Shun's jade-bird omen, and counsels the half-year rest - 'both Liu Biao and Sun Quan will fall at the first roll of the drums' - that sets the southern timetable.
Chapter 41 — Liu Bei Leads His People Over The River; Zhao Zilong Rescues The Child Lord At Dangyang.
Xun You; with Cao Cao at Changban.
Chapter 42 — Screaming Zhang Fei Triumphs At Long Slope Bridge; Defeated Liu Bei Marches To Hanjin.
Designs the trap inside the invitation: ask Sun Quan to a grand joint 'hunting party' at Jiangxia, seize Liu Bei together, split Jingzhou - and count on fear to bring the south to heel.
Chapter 45 — At The Three Gorges, Cao Cao Loses Soldiers; In The Gathering Of Heroes, Jiang Gan Is Trapped.
Credited in Zhou Yu's opening history lesson: the Wuchao supply-burning advice that beat Yuan Shao - the precedent for the Iron Pile Mountains trap.
Chapter 46 — Using Strategy, Zhuge Liang Borrows Arrows; Joining A Ruse, Huang Gai Accepts Punishment.
Author of the counter-espionage plan: send men who can plausibly hate us - Cai Mao's own younger brothers - to feign desertion and spy on the southern camp.
Chapter 48 — Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
Twice the sober voice: begs Cao Cao not to boast of the coming desertions aloud, and backs Cheng Yu's fire warning - 'why do you laugh at him?'
Chapter 59 — Xu Chu Strips For A Fight With Ma Chao; Cao Cao Writes A Letter To Han Sui.
Xun You; with Cao Cao.
Chapter 66 — Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone; For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life.
Xun You; in this chapter named - soon dies (named in passing of his last days).