Du Xi Explained

Du Xi
Native Name:杜襲
Office:Palace Counsellor (太中大夫)
Office1:Military Adviser to the General-in-Chief
(大將軍軍師)
Monarch1:Cao Rui
Office2:Master of Writing (尚書)
Monarch2:Cao Pi
Office3:Imperial Secretary Supervising Military Supplies (督軍糧御史)
Monarch3:Cao Pi
Office4:Chief Clerk to the Imperial Chancellor
(丞相長史)
Monarch5:Emperor Xian of Han
Chancellor5:Cao Cao
Office6:Chief Commandant of Escorting Cavalry (駙馬都尉)
Term6:216
Monarch6:Emperor Xian of Han
Chancellor6:Cao Cao
Birth Date:Unknown
Birth Place:Ye County, Henan
Death Date:Unknown
Children:Du Hui
Occupation:General
Blank1:Courtesy name
Data1:Zixu (子緒)
Blank2:Posthumous name
Data2:Marquis Ding (定侯)
Blank3:Peerage
Data3:Marquis of Pingyang District (平陽鄉侯)

Du Xi (190s–231), courtesy name Zixu, was an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was a subordinate of Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan. Du Xi proposed to the troops that Zhang He take command after Xiahou Yuan was killed at the Battle of Mount Dingjun. He continued serving as an official in the state of Cao Wei, established by Cao Cao's successor Cao Pi, during the Three Kingdoms period.

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