| NAME | |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 徐霸, 徐霸, Xú Bà |
| Nickname | Marquis of Wei |
| Other name | Từ Bá |
| INFORMATION | |
| Birth Place | Yangxian, Hedong (河东杨县; Hà Đông Dương huyện) |
| Death Reason | Unknown (natural causes presumed) |
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| CAREER | |
| Allegiance | Cao Wei (曹魏, Tào Ngụy) |
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Biography & Historical Record
Xu Ba (徐霸, Từ Bá) was the younger son of Senior General Xu Huang (徐晃, Từ Hoảng), styled Gongming (公明, Công Minh), one of Cao Cao’s Five Elite Generals famed for discipline at Guandu, Fancheng, and Hanzhong. In 220 AD, to honor Xu Huang’s monumental breakthrough at the Siege of Fancheng against Guan Yu (关羽, Quan Vũ), Emperor Cao Pi (曹丕, Tào Phi) granted Xu Ba a separate hereditary Marquisate carved from his father’s Yangping (阳平) fief — allowing both sons to perpetuate the family glory alongside elder brother Xu Gai (徐盖, Từ Cái), who held the primary Yangping line.
The dual-marquis arrangement illustrates how Wei rewarded the Xu house after Xu Huang’s death in 227 AD: eldest heir and younger son each carrying enfeoffment memory of Fancheng.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
General: Xu Ba does not appear in the novel. His father Xu Huang (徐晃, Từ Hoảng) is a major Wei general from Guandu through Guan Yu’s Fancheng siege; Xu Ba is attested only in Sanguozhi enfeoffment notices when Cao Pi split the Yangping fief in 220 AD.
Xu Ba (徐霸) — Historical & Literary Timeline
Younger son of Xu Huang
Brother of Xu Gai, heir of the primary Yangping line.
Separate enfeoffment
Cao Pi grants Xu Ba a hereditary marquisate from Xu Huang’s fief in honor of Fancheng merits.
Xu Huang dies
Xu Gai inherits primary Yangping marquisate; Xu Ba holds the secondary line.
For detailed historical records, explore Xu Huang on Wikipedia.
Key Relationships
Family
- Xu Huang (徐晃, Từ Hoảng): Father — Five Elite Generals commander famed for Fancheng.
- Xu Gai (徐盖, Từ Cái): Elder brother — primary Yangping marquis heir.
Friends
- Wei frontier garrison officers who served alongside the Xu marquis lines — inheritors of Xu Huang’s camp discipline tradition.
Enemies
- No personal antagonists recorded — marquis title holder rather than independent field commander.
Other
- Cao Pi (曹丕, Tào Phi): Emperor who enfeoffed Xu Ba in 220 AD.
- Guan Yu (关羽, Quan Vũ): Defeated opponent at Fancheng whose capture prompted the honor to the Xu house.
In Novel
General
- Xu Ba (徐霸, Từ Bá): Not a speaking character in Luo Guanzhong's Romance. His father Xu Huang (徐晃, Từ Hoảng) appears from Guandu through the Fancheng siege against Guan Yu (关羽, Quan Vũ); Xu Ba is attested in Sanguozhi as younger son who received a separate hereditary marquisate from Cao Pi in 220 AD while elder brother Xu Gai held the primary Yangping line.
In History
Summary
- Xu Ba (徐霸, Từ Bá), younger son of Xu Huang, received a separate hereditary marquisate from Cao Pi in 220 AD carved from the Yangping fief, honoring Xu Huang's Fancheng triumph.
Year: 220 AD
- Cao Pi enfeoffs Xu Ba with a distinct marquisate alongside elder brother Xu Gai's Yangping inheritance.
Year: 227 AD
- Xu Huang dies; Xu Gai succeeds to primary Yangping marquisate; Xu Ba continues the secondary line.
Historical Record
- Sanguozhi, Book of Wei — Xu Huang biography and enfeoffment succession notices on Xu Gai and Xu Ba.
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