Gu Yong

顧雍
Courtesy name: Yuantan (元嘆)
Born
168
Died
243
Ancestral home
Wu County, Wu (Suzhou, Jiangsu)
Book mentions
19
Roles:
calligrapher musician politician
Factions:
Eastern Wu (primary)
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Appears in 14 chapters:
  • Chapter 29 — The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji; The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.
    Gu Yong; recruited by Zhang Hong's recommendation as Sun Quan's deputy administrator.
  • Chapter 38 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
    Gu Yong; civil officer at Sun Quan's court.
  • Chapter 43 — Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars; Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion.
    Leads the second wave against the war decision: Liu Bei, defeated, merely wants to borrow the South Land's strength - 'why must our lord lend himself to his schemes?'
  • Chapter 44 — Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
    Gu Yong; pacifist; with the council.
  • Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.
    Author of the chapter's opening stratagem: memorialize Liu Bei as Imperial Protector of Jingzhou to freeze Cao Cao, soothe Liu Bei - and buy time to set the two of them at each other.
  • Chapter 61 — In The River, Zhao Zilong Recovers Liu Shan; With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao.
    Proposes the plan the Dowager kills from behind the screen: seize the passes while Liu Bei is far west, then throw everything at Jingzhou and Xiangyang.
  • Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
    Gu Yong; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
    Joins Zhang Zhao in the counsel that ends the campaign: Cao Cao is too strong for force — make peace.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Counsels taking the covenant but verifying — send spies over the Great River to watch Guan Yu's movements before committing anything.
  • Chapter 82 — Sun Quan Submits To Wei, Receiving The Nine Dignities; The First Ruler Attacks Wu, Rewarding Six Armies.
    Urges refusing Wei's title — style yourself Supreme Ruler instead — and is overruled by Liu Bang's precedent.
  • Chapter 83 — Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
    Doubts the young commander will be obeyed — 'too young and too inexperienced' — and watches the old guard prove his point before Lu Xun proves them all wrong.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Advises answering the fleet with the treaty — ask Zhuge Liang to march through Hanzhong as a diversion — and keeps Lu Xun at his Jingzhou post.
  • Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
    Answers Sun Quan's call for advice with one name and no hedging: 'There is only one man fit to cope with the present need: He is Lu Xun.'
  • Chapter 98 — Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death; Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.
    Made Prime Minister of Wu at the accession - 'Then Gu Yong became Prime Minister and Lu Xun, Regent Marshal.'