Xia Mou 夏牟

Xia Mou
T. Chinese	夏牟
Pinyin	Xià Móu
Wade-Giles	Hsia Mou
Personal information
Literary appearance(s)	HHS: 69
Battle information
Affiliation(s)	Han
Title(s)	• Counsellor Remonstrant • Colonel of the Right

Xia Mou 夏牟 was one of the eight colonels of the Western Garden corps.

Biography

Xia Mou was a Counsellor Remonstrant in service of the Han. In the eighth month of 188 A.D. Emperor Ling 靈 established the Western Garden corps in his personal army. The Western Garden corps consisted of a total of eight men, all colonels. Xia Mou was made Colonel of the Right. This is Xia Mou's only mention in historical sources.

Notes

• Counsellor Remonstrant is sometimes mentioned as Grandee Remonstrant and Consultant.

Sources

• de Crespigny, Rafe. A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23 - 220 AD). Leiden: BRILL, 2007.
• —. Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1989.
• Fan Ye 范曄 (398–445). Hou Han shu 後漢書 “History of the Later Han”.
• Sima Guang 司馬光 (1019–1086). Zizhi tongjian 資治通鑒 “Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government”.