Zhou Yu 周瑜

周瑜（175－210）字公瑾，汉族，庐江舒县（今安徽省庐江县西南）人。东汉末年东吴名将，因其相貌英俊而有“周郎”之称。周瑜精通军事，又精于音律，江东向来有“曲有误，周郎顾”之语。公元208年，孙、刘联军在周瑜的指挥下，于赤壁以火攻击败曹操的军队，此战也奠定了三分天下的基础。公元210年，周瑜因病去世，年仅36岁。

Zhou Yu (175 – 210), Han nationality, was born in Shu county, Lujiang (now southwestern part of Lujiang county, Anhui province). His courtesy name is Gongjin. He was a prominent general of Eastern Wu in the late Eastern Han Period and was known as “Zhou, the Handsome Youth” for his good-looking appearance. He was skilled in the art of war as well as in rhyme, according to an old saying around the land south of the Yangtze River, “If there is a rhyming error, Zhou will remind the player.” In 208, under the command of Zhou Yu, the troops of Sun Quan and Liu Bei defeated the troops of Cao Cao by a strategy of using fire, which laid the foundation of “splitting China into three pieces”. In 210, he died from illness at the age of 36.

主要成就：赤壁之战时率领孙刘联军大败曹操。

Major achievement: Commanding the troops of Sun Quan and Liu Bei in defeat of Cao Cao in the Battle of Red Cliffs