9/12/2009

Lady Zhurong, Warrior Queen


"A man, and such a fool! I, a woman, will fight them for you." -Lady Zhurong to her husband Meng Huo, before leading an army against the Shu


          Lady Zhurong, sometimes known as Madam Zhurong, was a fictional character in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a semi-fictional account of the Three Kingdoms era of China. She was the wife of Meng Huo, the king of the Nanman tribes of southern China. She claimed to be descended from the fire god Zhu Rong, from whom she acquired her name. Lady Zhurong was the only woman in the novel who took part in any of the fighting, battling against the Kingdom of Shu alongside her husband.

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