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 | | Han Emperor Lingdi, fearing insufficiency of palace defence, would order that an eunuch by the name of Jian Shuo to replace Zhao Zhong as shang jun xiaowei. |
 | | Under Jian Shuo would be seven xiao wei, i.e., captains, including Yuan Shao (hu ben zhong-lang-jiang), Bao Hong (dun qi xiaowei), Cao Cao (yi lang), Zhao Rong, Feng Fang, Zhao Feng, Xia Mou (jianyi dafu), and Chunyu Qiong (jianyi dafu). |
 | | The eight guys were collectively known as Eight Xiaowei or Eight Captains. |
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