Character Profile: Xu Zhu 許褚
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| Name Hanzi: 許褚 |
| Pronunciation: Syu Ju |
| Wade-Giles Spelling: Hsü Ch'u |
| Japanese Name: Kyocho |
| Style Name: Zhongkang |
| Allegiance: Wei |
| Lifespan: unknown |
| Relations: son (Xu Yi) |
This profile is a few years old. It will be re-written when I reach this character's death in my novel notes.
Xu Zhu from Qiao was "a well-built man, thickset and stout with a waist ten span in girth". Before joining Cao Cao, he captured rebels during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Xu Zhu dueled Dian Wei several times before falling into a pitfall trap dug by Cao Cao's men. Cao Cao released him and made him his bodyguard. Together he and Dian Wei, Cao Cao's other bodyguard, were known as the "Tiger Guard", and by himself Xu Zhu was known as "Tiger Lust".
Last updated: 17 April 2008.