Died
219
Ancestral home
Xie, Hedong (Yuncheng, Shanxi)
Book mentions
78
Roles:
general
Factions:
Liu Bei (primary)
Relationships:
Guan Yu Adopted Father
Appears in 15 chapters:
  • Chapter 28 — Putting Cai Yang To Death, The Brothers' Doubts Disappear; Meeting At Gucheng, Lord and Lieges Fortify Each Other.
    Guan Ding's eighteen-year-old second son, 'to be a soldier': at Liu Bei's suggestion he bows as adopted son to the sonless Guan Yu and calls Liu Bei 'Uncle' - riding out of the farmyard into the rest of the saga.
  • Chapter 31 — Cao Cao Overcomes Yuan Shao In Cangting; Liu Bei Seeks Shelter With Liu Biao In Jingzhou.
    Guan Ping; with Guan Yu in the flight south.
  • Chapter 39 — At Jingzhou, The Son Of Liu Biao Thrice Begs Advice; At Bowang Slope, The Directing Instructor Plans His First Battle.
    Paired with Liu Feng south of Bowang Slope: five hundred men each, combustibles prepared, and at dusk they start the blaze that turns the reed-choked road into the trap.
  • Chapter 49 — On Seven-Star Altar, Zhuge Liang Sacrifices To The Winds; At Three Gorges, Zhou Yu Liberates The Fire.
    One of the two companions Guan Yu takes to the Huarong ambush with the five hundred swordsmen.
  • Chapter 57 — Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.
    Shares the Baqiu river blockade with Liu Feng, penning in the expedition Zhou Yu will not survive.
  • Chapter 60 — Zhang Song Turns The Table On Yang Xiu; Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu.
    Guan Ping; with Guan Yu at Jingzhou.
  • Chapter 62 — The Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Perish; The Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival.
    Guan Ping; with Liu Bei in the campaign.
  • Chapter 63 — Zhuge Liang Mourns For Pang Tong; Zhang Fei Releases Yan Yan.
    Guan Ping; carries Zhuge Liang's deployment letter to Guan Yu at Jingzhou.
  • Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
    Guan Ping; carries dispatches between Jingzhou and Chengdu.
  • Chapter 66 — Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone; For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life.
    Guan Ping; with Guan Yu at the river banquet.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Guan Ping; with Guan Yu - present when Zhuge Jin makes the marriage proposal.
  • Chapter 74 — Pang De Takes His Coffin To The Field; Guan Yu Uses Water To Drown The Seven Armies.
    Guan Ping; with Guan Yu at Fan; participates in the flood-attack; binds Yu Jin and Pang De when they are taken.
  • Chapter 75 — Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.
    Guan Ping; with Guan Yu at Fan during the surgery and through the siege.
  • Chapter 76 — Xu Huang Fights At The River Mian; Guan Yu Retreats To Maicheng.
    Guan Ping; with Guan Yu through Xu Huang's attack; helps pull the wounded Guan Yu off the battlefield.
  • Chapter 77 — Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang; Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.
    Guan Ping; captured with his father at Linju; refuses to surrender; beheaded with Guan Yu. The father-son death together.