In the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to attack Liu Bei, but both were defeated by Liu Bei. Therefore, Cao Cao personally led an army to fight Liu Bei. As a result, Liu Bei was defeated and took refuge at Yuan Shao, while Guan Yu was captured alive and had no choice but to surrender. Cao Cao treated him with courtesy and appointed him as a general.
Although Guan Yu was in Cao Ying, his heart had always been in Shu Han. When Guan Yu saw Yan Liang, he rode up on his horse and stabbed Yan Liang to death among the ten thousand troops. No one in Yuan's army could resist Guan Yu, so the Siege of White Horse was solved. Cao Cao made Guan Yu the Marquis of Hanshouting, and Guan Yu was very grateful to Cao Cao for attaching so much importance to himself. So, what exactly is "Hanshou Tinghou"?
In fact, the Marquis of Hanshouting is a title, not an official title. Judging by splitting these words into "Han" and "Marquis of Shouting", "Han" refers to the Han Dynasty, and Marquis of Shouting refers to the name of Hou, and the records in the Book of Later Han hundred officials are: Liehou, the great meritorious eating county, the small one eating township and pavilion. This means that among the marquises, those who eat in the county, township, and pavilion are called county marquis, township marquis, and pavilion marquis.
During the Han Dynasty, marquises were divided into princes, dukes, county marquises, township marquises, pavilion marquises, and Guannei marquises. The first three have fiefs, but they can only benefit from them, and they do not have the right to control them. Counties, townships, and pavilions all refer to the size of the fiefdom, but also refer to the dignity and inferiority of the title, a pavilion is not more than ten miles, so the pavilion is not very large.
During the Three Kingdoms period, due to war and chaos, the title was often only his number, and there was no fiefdom. Cao Cao's title of "Marquis of Hanshouting" to Guan Yu was only an honorary title, but Guan Yu was still very grateful to Cao Cao for his appreciation and appreciation.