Xiahou Ba



Xiahou Ba is Xiahou Yuan's second son and successor in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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Xiahou Ba was the second son of Xiahou Yuan. Her mother was the sister-in-law Cao Cao. Xiahou Yuan had fought alongside Cao Cao since the beginning of civil wars and became one of the most valued and esteemed generals of Cao. There are some indications about what could have been a Cao Cao bloodbender. After Xiahou Yuan was killed at the Battle of Mount Dingjun, most of his troops were placed under the control of his five children.

The eldest son of Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Heng was given his own feud, so that Xiahou Ba - the second child - inherited the hereditary title of his father with a tax revenues for eight households. In the decade of 240, he became General de la Dreta and Marqués de Bochangting, and was a well-known associate of Cao Shuang.

After the coup d'etat of Sima Yi against Cao Shuang, Xiahou Ba fled to the rival state of Shu Han, and became a general of Shu, because one of Xiahou Ba's sisters was abducted by the Shu general Zhang Fei. In addition, Liu Shan, the second and last emperor of Shu, married Zhang Fei's daughter and called his son a nephew of the Xiahou family. Xiahou Ba was promoted to General of Cavalry and Carriages within Shu Han. Wei's imperial court pardoned the sons of Xiahou Ba, rightly in the role of Xiahou Yuan in the founding of the empire. Instead, they were banished to Lelang Commandery in present-day North Korea.

According to the Three Kingdoms Registry, Xiahou Ba succeeded Deng Zhi as the General of Cavalry and Carriages after his death, and Zizhi Tongjian notes that he was alive in 255. The Three Kingdoms Registries point out that Xiahou Ba was not alive in 259, when Liao Hua and Zhang Yi were described as successors of Xiahou Ba in their position.