| NAME | |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 杜睿, 杜睿, Dù Ruì |
| Nickname | Appendix-list name (附錄人物) — often confused with 杜叡 |
| Other name | Đỗ Nhuệ |
| INFORMATION | |
| Birth Place | Unknown — catalog entry only |
| Death Reason | Unknown — no narrative death |
| CAREER | |
| Allegiance | Shu Han (catalog attribution) |
| Battles |
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Biography & Historical Record
Du Rui (Shu) (杜睿, Đỗ Nhuệ) is a catalog and index name for a Shu-attributed figure in Romance of the Three Kingdoms rosters — not a separate officer with dialogue in the standard novel text. The graphs 杜睿 (睿, “wise”) appear in appendix character lists such as Wikisource 三國演義/附錄4, usually without a chapter number or biography line. Modern English indexes often list “Du Rui (杜睿)” as a Shu general in Chapter 102, but the received chapter passage names Du Rui (杜叡, Đỗ Duệ) and Hu Zhong (胡忠, Hồ Trung) as the two lieutenants Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮, Gia Cát Lượng) sends to supervise craftsmen building the wooden oxen in Gourd Valley (葫芦谷).
This page documents the 杜睿 appendix label separately from Du Rui (杜叡, Đỗ Duệ) because the two names share pinyin but use different Chinese characters — a common source of search and translation errors. Readers looking for the Chapter 102 wooden-ox supervisor should use the 杜叡 entry.
There is no attested historical person 杜睿 in Chen Shou’s Sanguozhi. Do not confuse either Du Rui with the Jin general Du Yu (杜预, Đỗ Dự) or the Wei emperor Cao Rui (曹叡, Tào Duệ), who also share similar romanization.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Appendix rosters (三國演義 附錄): 杜睿 appears among Du-surname names in the novel’s character tables — a roster line without an independent story arc, spoken line, or death scene under the 睿 graphs in standard recensions.
Chapter 102 (Sima Yi Occupies the Gorges; Zhuge Liang Constructs the Wooden Transport Oxen) — contrast, not this character’s scene: Zhuge Liang discovers Gourd Valley, whispers orders to Du Rui (杜叡, Đỗ Duệ) and Hu Zhong (胡忠, Hồ Trung), and posts Ma Dai (马岱, Mã Đại) to seal the valley while artisans build the wooden oxen and flowing horses (木牛流馬). Indexes that credit “杜睿” here are almost certainly variant graphs for the same lieutenant role, not a second general.
Du Rui (杜睿) — Literary & Catalog Timeline
Wikisource roster
杜睿 listed among Du-surname characters in the novel appendix table — no 列传 note or chapter citation in the cell.
Chapter 102 attribution
English Wikipedia and similar lists tag “Du Rui (杜睿)” as a Shu general in Chapter 102 — likely derived from the 杜叡 passage with alternate graphs.
杜叡 + Hu Zhong
Standard recensions name the wooden-ox supervisors 杜叡 and 胡忠, not 杜睿 — see Du Rui (杜叡).
No further 睿 appearances
The narrative follows Sima Yi (司马懿, Tư Mã Ý) and Wei countermeasures; neither 杜睿 nor a second Du Rui speaks again.
For catalog context, see List of fictional ROTK people and Wikisource 三國演義/附錄4.
Key Relationships
Family
- No family attested — appendix/catalog name only.
Friends
- Hu Zhong (胡忠, Hồ Trung): Paired with Du Rui in modern indexes for the Chapter 102 mission — in the primary text this partnership applies to Du Rui (杜叡, Đỗ Duệ), not an independent 杜睿 scene.
Enemies
- Not applicable — 杜睿 has no on-page conflict of his own.
Other
- Du Rui (杜叡, Đỗ Duệ): The Chapter 102 Shu lieutenant who supervises Gourd Valley — separate encyclopedia entry.
- Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮, Gia Cát Lượng): Chancellor of the wooden-ox project associated with both names in catalogs.
- Ma Dai (马岱, Mã Đại): Guards the mouth of Gourd Valley in Chapter 102 — context for the 杜叡 mission.
- Du Yu (杜预, Đỗ Dự): Historical Jin general — unrelated homophone.
- Cao Rui (曹叡, Tào Duệ): Wei emperor — unrelated 叡/睿 confusion in English romanization.
In Novel
Appendix / catalog
- Du Rui (Shu) (杜睿, Đỗ Nhuệ): Listed in ROTK appendix character rosters under 杜睿 — no independent dialogue and no death scene under these graphs in standard recensions; often conflated in indexes with Du Rui (杜叡, Đỗ Duệ) from Chapter 102.
Chapter 102 (related scene — 杜叡, not 杜睿)
- Du Rui (杜叡, Đỗ Duệ): The officer Zhuge Liang actually names beside Hu Zhong for the Gourd Valley wooden-ox build — full account on Du Rui.
In History
Summary
- Du Rui (杜睿, Đỗ Nhuệ) has no biography in Chen Shou's Sanguozhi or Pei Songzhi's commentary. Treat as a literary/catalog label attached to Shu in novel appendices.
Historical Record
- Wikisource 三國演義/附錄4 and Wikipedia's List of fictional people of the Three Kingdoms.
- Wooden-ox logistics are historically associated with Zhuge Liang's campaigns, but named supervisors Du Rui and Hu Zhong are novel inventions — when named, the text uses 杜叡.
- Do not confuse with Du Yu (杜预, Đỗ Dự) or Cao Rui (曹叡, Tào Duệ).
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