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Guan Yu

A man represent honor, bravery and loyalty during the three kingdoms era. He is the brother of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. He is said to be seven feet tall and capable of welding a guandao, a sword with really long handle. Guan Yu is usually portrayed as a red faced man with long lush beard and wears a green robe under his armor. He was given the title “God of War” for his bravery in the battle. The Romance of Three Kingdom says that the officers of Wu and Wei were fear to face Guan Yu during battle and not even ten thousand solider can stop Guan Yu.

Guan Yu is said to be only loyal to his brothers and no one else. When he was surrender to Cao Cao in order to protect Liu Bei’s wife from harm. Cao Cao treat Guan Yu like his own family and give him gold, but still could not persuade Guan Yu to join his army. Story tells that after Guan Yu manage to leave Cao Cao, he traveled miles to find Liu Bei and slays down all six of Cao Cao’s officers who tried to stop Gaun Yu. His bravery is even recognized by the emperor of Sui dynasty that the emperor start a religion based on Gaun Yu. The emperor hopes that all his subordinates can be as loyal as Guan Yu was to his brother.