Du Xi

Du Xi (fl. 190s–231), courtesy name Zixu, was an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was a subordinate of Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan. Du Xi proposed to the troops that Zhang He take command after Xiahou Yuan was killed at the Battle of Mount Dingjun. He continued serving as an official in the state of Cao Wei, established by Cao Cao's successor Cao Pi, during the Three Kingdoms period.

Du Xi
杜襲
Palace Counsellor (太中大夫)
In office ?–?
Monarch	Cao Rui
Military Adviser to the General-in-Chief (大將軍軍師)
In office 228 (228) – 231 (231)
Monarch	Cao Rui
Master of Writing (尚書)
In office ? – 227 (227)
Monarch	Cao Pi
Imperial Secretary Supervising Military Supplies (督軍糧御史)
In office 220 (220) – ?
Monarch	Cao Pi
Chief Clerk to the Imperial Chancellor (丞相長史)
In office 216 (216) – 220 (220)
In office 215 (215) – 216 (216)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Chancellor	Cao Cao
Chief Commandant of Escorting Cavalry (駙馬都尉)
In office 216
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Chancellor	Cao Cao
Personal details
Born	Unknown Ye County, Henan
Died	Unknown
Children	Du Hui
Occupation	General
Courtesy name	Zixu (子緒)
Posthumous name	Marquis Ding (定侯)
Peerage	Marquis of Pingyang District (平陽鄉侯)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Du.

See also

• Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms