Yuan Shu (died 199) was a warlord during the late Han Dynasty era of Chinese history. He rose to prominence following the collapse of the imperial court in 189. He was said to be a younger cousin of the warlord Yuan Shao, but was actually Yuan Shao's younger half-brother. After the death of He Jin, he led a force to slay the eunuchs as the Imperial Corps Commander of the Imperial Tiger Guards, which was located just outside the capital. Later, he participated in an alliance against Dong Zhuo led by Yuan Shao. After the dissension of this alliance, he was never on good terms with Yuan Shao again until his final moments.
Yuan Shu fled to Shouchun (present day Shouxian, Anhui) after repeated defeats by the combined armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. He declared himself emperor under the short-lived Zhong Dynasty (仲) in 197, citing superstition as his justification, including the Hanzi in his name and style name. This audacious action made him a target of the other warlords. His extravagant lifestyle and arrogance caused many of his followers to desert him. Most devastating of the departures and defections - both to Yuan Shu personally and to the strength of his forces - was that of Sun Ce, who had recently conquered most of the Jiangdong territory under Yuan's banner. Following crushing defeats by the armies of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Lü Bu, Yuan Shu attempted to flee north to join Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao sent his son, Yuan Tan, to try to aid Yuan Shu, however, an alliance between the Yuan brothers who long hated each other was not destined, as Yuan Tan arrived too late, and Yuan Shu's forces were destroyed by Liu Bei. He died shortly thereafter of his grief.
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... Yuan Shu's family went to rely on Yuan Shu's former follower Liu Xun, while his other followers Yang Hong and Zhang Xun planned to surrender to Sun Ce, but Liu Xun had them captured and held in Lujiang ... In 199, Sun Ce defeated Liu Xun and conquered Lujiang, freeing Yuan Shu's family and men ...
... Zhao Jiang Qin Zhou Tai Chen Wu Ling Cao Dong Xi Xu Sheng Quan Rou (全柔) Li Shu (李術) Zhou Shang (周尚), Zhou Yu's uncle ... Yuan Shu's support forces Hui Qu (惠衢) Yuan Yin, Yuan Shu's relative ... He was driven away by Xu Kun when Yuan Shu sent him to be the Administrator of Danyang ...
... See also Campaign against Yuan Shu While Sun Ce was attacking the warlords of Jiangdong, Yuan Shu was making plans to become emperor ... Despite having been in Huainan for years, Yuan Shu did not make any great achievements ... When Sun Ce heard that Yuan Shu was about to declare himself emperor, he wrote a letter reprimanding Yuan, reasoning the potential harms of committing treason ...
... The campaign against Yuan Shu was a punitive expedition that took place between 197 and 199 in the late Eastern Han Dynasty ... initiated by the Han government against the Zhong Dynasty of Yuan Shu, after Yuan declared himself "Son of Heaven", an act perceived as treason against Emperor Xian, the nominal ... The campaign concluded with the defeat of Yuan Shu and collapse of the Zhong regime ...