Kuai Liang

This article is about the Chinese adviser. For the Mortal Kombat character, see Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat) § Kuai Liang.

Kuai Liang
Traditional Chinese	蒯良
Simplified Chinese	蒯良
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kuǎi Liáng
Zirou (courtesy name)
Chinese	子柔
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǐróu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kuai.

Kuai Liang (fl. 190s–200s), courtesy name Zirou, was an adviser to the warlord Liu Biao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was from Zhonglu County, Nan Commandery, which is located southwest of present-day Xiangyang, Hubei. He had a younger brother, Kuai Yue, and a son Kuai Jun (蒯钧) who had a stint as Administrator of Nanyang. Kuai Jun's daughter later married Sun Xiu, grandson of Sun Kuang.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms

In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Kuai Liang comes up with a plan to defeat Sun Jian at the Battle of Xiangyang in 191. He suggests to Huang Zu to retreat and lure Sun Jian to Xianshan (峴山), where Sun Jian is killed by Huang Zu's archers lying in ambush.

See also

• Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

• Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century). Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo Yanyi).
• Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).