caption trad kingdom simp death_date wg pinyin post image_size title zi birth_date image article_title other name
a qing dynasty portrait of xu chu 許褚 cao wei 许褚 c. 230 hsu ch ' u xǔ chǔ marquis zhuang -lrb- -rrb- 200px general zhongkang -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- unknown -rrb- xu chu qing illustration.jpg xu chu
 `` tiger fool '' -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- nickname -rrb- xu chu
xu chu

xu chu -lrb- died c. 230 -rrb- , courtesy name zhongkang , was a military general who lived in the late eastern han dynasty and the three kingdoms period .
he served as a bodyguard to the warlord cao cao , and continued to serve as a general in the state of cao wei -- founded by cao cao 's son and successor , cao pi -- in the three kingdoms period .
he was described to be a big and strong man , yet simple minded and honest , so he was nicknamed `` tiger fool '' by his men .
after his death , he was posthumously honoured with the title `` marquis zhuang '' , which literally means `` robust marquis '' .
