Yang Hu

Dies here, and the chapter gives him the most affectionate obituary in the book. Opposite Lu Kang on the Wu frontier, he refuses to attack a good commander - 'You must not despise Lu Kang, for he is able and crafty... So long as Lu Kang remains in command, I shall remain on the defensive' - and wins the border by conduct instead. Recommends Du Yu to Sima Yan and burns the draft of the memorial so that nobody would know whom to thank. Made Imperial Guardian and Lord of Juping after his death; the traders shut their shops, the frontier camps filled with wailing, and the people of Xiangyang built a temple on the Xian Hills where he had loved to walk. 'The passers-by were moved to tears when they read Yang Hu's name on the tablet, so that it came to be called "The Stone of Tears".'