Diao Chan，who was said to have been born in 161 or 169 AD，was one of the Four Beauties in ancient China. However, unlike the other three beauties, she does not appear in any known historical writings, and is quite possibly a fictional character.
She appears in Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( a novel written by the Ming dynasty author Luo Guanzhong), in which she assists a plot by the official Wang Yun to persuade the warrior Lu Bu to kill the tyrant Dong Zhuo. She does this by becoming Dong Zhuo’s concubine but also Lu Bu’s betrothed, then manipulating the two through their jealousy. She finishes her task successfully.
There is a myth about Diao Chan’s death. Shortly after Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao. Cao then used Diao Chan to persuade a captured general, Guan Yu, to join in Cao Cao’s ranks. Guan Yu cut her in half so she wouldn’t seduce others with her beauty any more.
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