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Zhao Zilong was a great military general who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. With unparalleled fighting skills, courage and charisma, Zhao Zilong initially served Gongsun Zan but switched his allegiance to Liu Bei for the rest of his illustrious career as a member of the famous Five Tiger Generals.
Zhao Yun's original biography in the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), written by Chen Shou in the third century, is only 346 Chinese characters long. In the fifth century, Pei Songzhi added annotations from the Zhao Yun Biezhuan (趙雲別傳; Unofficial Biography of Zhao Yun) to Zhao Yun's biography in the Sanguozhi, providing a relatively clear, though still incomplete picture of ...
Zhao Zilong intervenes and engages Zhang Fei and Liu Bei's other sworn brother, Guan Yu, in a spear duel, managing to hold his ground after several rounds. Liu Bei is so impressed that he gives Zhao Zilong his armour and sends him to save his family. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei provide cover for Zhao Zilong while he searches for survivors.
The plot centres on the story of Zhao Yun and is loosely based on stories about Zhao Yun in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Andy Lau starred as Zhao Zilong (Zhao Yun) while Maggie Q portrayed the antagonist Cao Ying, a fictional granddaughter of Cao Cao. Red Cliff is a 2008 two-part Chinese film directed by John Woo.
Legend of Zu Mountain (Chinese: 蜀山战纪之剑侠传奇) is a 2015 Chinese television series starring William Chan, Zhao Liying and Nicky Wu. It is adapted from the novel Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu written by Huanzhulouzhu. The series premiered on iQiyi on 22 September 2015.
The excavation in Rizhao started last December and ended in January. Rizhao, sometimes translated as Jihchao, is a city in Shandong province along the eastern coast of China, a roughly 400-mile ...
Zhao Yun's most legendary battle was to save Liu Shan, who was an infant at the time, from Cao Cao's encirclement. During the Battle of Changban , isolated by Cao Cao's army, Zhao Yun held Liu Shan in his armor, slew more than 70 enemy warriors alone, and escaped the scene without disturbing the infant's sleep. [ 8 ]
It didn't take long for him to become a household name. The Boston Red Sox drafted him in the second round in 2004. In 2007, he won the American League Rookie of the Year and helped the Red Sox to ...