Officer Names (CH/EN): Search Results

Notes: Translated in Brewitt-Taylor editions of the novel, and in Koei games, as Han Qu.

Notes: Was born Zhu Miao.

Notes: Also known as He Qia. Appears as He He in the Brewitt-Taylor edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Notes: Historic name is ‘He Yong", name used in some Brewitt-Taylor editions.

Notes: Sometime also called Pimiku or Pimiko. Precise pronunciation of her name is unknown as the kanji of her name were written prior to mid-20th century kanji reforms. Himiko may be a Chinese corruption of himemiko (princess priestess or lady shaman), which translates to ‘Sun Child’.

Notes: Hu Che’er is frequently confused with Hu Juer of Zhang Xiu, but they are, indeed, separate people. Hu Che’er’s name is sometimes typed with or without an apostrophe (Che’er or Cheer), and at times with a hypen instead (Che-er). To complicate matters further, sometimes his name is mistranslated as ‘Chi’er’, with all the according grammatical variations. The Chinese character 赤is actually pronounced Chi4, so the correct spelling of this name should be Hu Chi’er.

Notes: Also appears sometimes as Hu Zhong.

Notes: Ju1 is the former pronunciation of 車, which is now pronounced Che1. We hold true to the standard set by Moss Roberts and others, using the old pronunciation for an old historical figure. Besides, it helps to alleviate confusion between him and Hu Che’er of Niu Fu.

Notes: Incorrectly translated in the Brewitt-Taylor edition as Hua Jiao

Notes: Usually Hua is pronounced Hua2, but in the case of a Surname, is pronounced Hua4, hence Hua4 in the audio file.

Notes: Translated incorrectly as Huan Ji in some sources, including several Brewitt-Taylor editions.

Notes: Incorrectly referenced as Huang Chenyan (承 [Cheng2] as ‘Chen’) in many sites, biographies, and in some Brewitt-Taylor translations.

Notes: In the novel, Sanguo yanyi, the Chinese characters used for Huang Shao’s name are huang2 shao4 黃劭. In Sanguozhi, the Chinese characters are huang2 shao4 黃邵. We have chosen to use the historic rendering.

Notes: Hou Han shu records his style as Jiyou. SGZ: Yuan Shao.

Notes: Huo Hu 火虎 literally translates as Fire Tiger. As such, it was probably intended to be a title rather than a name. Furthermore, Huo 火 is not a proper surname. In Japanese, Huo Hu is pronounced Ka Ku. Discussion. Also, Huo is actually pronounced Huo3 in Chinese, but because Hu3 is after it, it changes Huo3 to Huo2.

Notes: Ji Miao sometimes appears as Ji Mao. The correct translation of 邈 is Miao.

Notes: Also referenced by the name Chi T’ai in the Brewitt-Taylor translation. Called Ji Ben in SGZ

Notes: Jia Xu is pronounced Jia2 Xu3 because of the 3rd tone preceeding the second in his normal given name. His name and style name should be pronounced and said as “Jia3 Wen2 He2”, not “Jia2 Wen2 He2”

Notes: The character 碩 can also be translated as Shi and in some academic sources this is considered to be the standard translation (e.g. anything by Rafe de Crespigny). We are using Jian Shuo because that is the most commonly used Romanization.

Notes: Jian Yong’s family name may have originally been ‘Geng’ (耿), but in the Youzhou dialect ‘Geng’ it was pronounced ‘Jian’, so he changed it.

Notes: Jiao Jiao, as Magistrate of Zhengqiang, also became known as Jiao Zhengqiang (as such you may see him referenced by this name). The name Qiao has also been associated with him and we are attempting to source it.

Notes: Called Jin Shun in Liu Bei’s SGZ.

Notes: May also have been Jin Wei, son of Jin Shang.

Notes: Mistranslated in Brewit-Taylor as Jinhua Sanjie.

Notes: Appears in some Koei games, and a few other sources, as Ju Hu.

Notes: Frequently written ‘King Cheli Ji’.

Notes: You may also see him as Kebinang, Ke Binang, Kebe Neng, Kebe Nang, etc.

Notes: In pronunciation, Meng is his surname, Huo his given name. Da means “big/large” and Wang means King, for your information, Wang2 is only one word for King, Emperors have different titles, usually Huang2 Di4.

Notes: Also known as Kong Yi (Yi4 翊). Styled Shiyuan or Yuanshi (Yuan4shi4 元世).

Notes: Sometimes you can find his name incorrectly translated as Kong You2.

Notes: Sun Shangxiang is Lady Sun’s name in most Koei Games. Sun Ren is incorrect. As is Sun Li, which you may come across. Her actual name is unknown.

Notes: Sun Shi in Koei’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Notes: Lady Wang of Langya. Not to be confused with Lady Wang of Nanyang.

Notes: Lady Wang of Nanyang. Not to be confused with Lady Wang of Langya.

Notes: Zhu4rong2 is her name, but Fei1 means literally “imperial concubine”

Notes: Appears as ‘Lady Zhou’ in Koei games, and in the Brewitt-Taylor translation. Lady Zou’s name is strange in meaning. Zou1 is a surname as expected, but Shi4 is a clan or maiden name.

Notes: Called Liu Min in poisonpie’s novel listing.

Notes: Also known as Lei Pu and possibly the same as Lei Xu.

Notes: Sometimes erroneously referred to as Ling Bao.

Notes: Referenced incorrectly as ‘Li Deng’ in Brewitt-Taylor’s translation and other sources.

Notes: Referenced incorrectly as ‘Li Fang’ in Brewitt-Taylor’s translation and other sources.

Notes: Li Yan changed his name to Li Ping after rising in Shu authority.

Notes: Known as Li Yi in the novel.

Notes: There are two ways to display 遺 in Pinyin: Yi and Wei. We use Yi2.

Notes: Long may not have been his given name. It might have been his nickname: “Dragon Liang”

Notes: Dr. Rafe de Crespigny notes his personal name as either 邵 or 紹

Notes: Also known as Liao Chun (廖淳).

Notes: Liu Bei is commonly referenced by the name, Xian Zhu (先主), ‘First Ruler’ or ‘First Soverign’. Chen Shou, in the Sanguozhi, refers to Liu Bei by this title to indicate the illegitimacy of his dynasty in the eyes of Jin. Sun Quan and his clan are placed on an even lower pedestal.

Notes: Also known as Liu Chan in some versions of the novel.

Notes: His name is frequently written ‘Liu Zong’, but this is incorrect.

Notes: Sometimes appears in games as Liu Kui.

Notes: His given name was originally Shan (山) and later Yi (義).

Notes: Also known by his infant name, A-Dou (阿斗). See Liu Shan’s Comprehensive Officer Biography for more information on his name.

Notes: His name is incorrectly translated as ‘Liu Xiang’ in some Brewitt-Taylor editions.

Notes: His name is incorrectly translated as ‘Liu Xin’ in some Brewitt-Taylor editions.

Notes: Called Liu Rui in Moss Roberts and Brewitt Taylor translations of the novel.

Notes: Appears in Brewitt-Taylor translations as Liu Yue.

Notes: Liu Yan’s style, Weishi, is also translated as Weishuo. Either may turn up in references.

Notes: Referenced incorrectly as ‘Liu Yong’ in many Koei games, along with a few other video games. Historical sources, and nearly all novel translations, use ‘Liu Yao’ instead.

Notes: ‘Lou’ and ‘Lu’ are both accepted ways of writing 婁.

Notes: Listed incorrectly as ‘Lu Kuai’ in some Brewitt-Taylor translations.

Notes: The Lü surname is pronounced Lü2 because of the preceeding Meng, which is 3rd tone, the same rule applies when pronouncing the style name because Zi3 is also third tone.

Notes: When saying Lu Su’s surname and style name together the surname should be pronounced Lu2 instead of Lu3 because of the tone preceeding it.

Notes: For some reason in To Esablish Peace his name is Gao Xiang

Notes: Originally named Lu Yi (陸議).

Notes: Some Brewitt-Taylor translations incorrectly list Lü Yi as ‘Lu Yin’. Some books, historical or simplified, including some Chinese Moss Roberts translations, list Lü Yi’s name as 呂義 or its simplified variant 呂义. They are presented as the same person because the two names are both used in reference to the same person, a Lü Yi who was Grand Administrator of Hanzhong during Zhuge Liang’s time, and because there is no reference to another Lü Yi in Shu.

Notes: In discussion and reference his style name is nearly always used, hence ‘Luo Guanzhong’.

Notes: Sometimes appears incorrectly as Ma Yunli.

Notes: Also known as Hu Du (狐篤).

Notes: Originally named Meng Ren (孟仁).

Notes: Called Ni Heng in the ZZTJ.

Notes: In Koei’s Dynasty Warriors 2-4 his name was presented as ‘Niou Fu’.