Yuan Shao (袁紹, pronunciation; died 28 June 202), courtesy name Benchu (本初), was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late...

(青州兵). Yuan Shu had disagreements with Yuan Shao so he contacted Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao's rival in northern China, for help in dealing with Yuan Shao. Gongsun...

northern China, consecutively seeking shelter under warlords such as Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Yang. In 194, he managed to take control of Yan Province...

the warlords Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in 200 AD in the late Eastern Han dynasty. Cao Cao's decisive victory against Yuan Shao's numerically superior forces...

rival warlords such as Lü Bu and Yuan Shao. For example, four years before Cao Cao's decisive victory over Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu, Guo Jia...

but as Yuan Shao's wife Lady Liu favoured Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao had Yuan Tan posthumously adopted by the latter's uncle, Yuan Cheng (袁成). Yuan Shao then...

sometimes described to be a younger cousin of the warlord Yuan Shao, but was actually Yuan Shao's younger half-brother. As a young man he gained a reputation...

state. Yuan Shao fled from Luoyang after openly disagreeing with Dong Zhuo's decision to depose Emperor Shao. Dong Zhuo feared that Yuan Shao might rise...

Battle of Guandu in 200 AD, where he destroys Yuan Shao's army before he even arrives. After defeating Yuan Shao, Cao Cao proceeds to fight against Liu Bei...

earth. Yuan Shao sent Qu Yi against them with eight hundred soldiers while a thousand crossbowmen on either side supported his advance. Yuan Shao himself...