Died 270 Wade–Giles Chiao Chou Pinyin | Simplified Chinese 谯周 Traditional Chinese 譙周 Name Qiao Zhou | |
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Courtesy name Yunnan (Chinese: 允南; pinyin: Yunnan; Wade–Giles: Yun-nan) | ||
Qiao Zhou (died 270), courtesy name Yunnan, was an official and scholar of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing) in the late Eastern Han dynasty before becoming a subject of the warlord Liu Bei, who established the Shu Han regime in 221. Qiao Zhou served in the Shu government from the time when Liu Bei ascended the throne (in 221) to the fall of Shu in 263. He is also known for persuading the Shu emperor Liu Shan to surrender to Wei in 263.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Qiao Zhou is depicted as an astrologer whose studies greatly aided Zhuge Liang during the Northern Expeditions against Shu's rival state Cao Wei.