Zou Jing 鄒靖

Zou Jing was a Colonel during the 184 A.D. Yellow Turban Rebellion. He fought in the north with Liu Bei (劉備), Guan Yu (關羽) and Zhang Fei (張飛) under his command.

Biography
When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in 184 Zou Jing was a Colonel and was sent north to fight the Yellow Turbans. Which group of Yellow Turbans he was supposed to attack is not known. Perhaps it were the most northern commanderies of Zhuo and Guangyang in You province.

The later-to-be famous trio Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were under his command. Details of their campaign are not known. We are not told of they lost or victorious, but victorious seems more probable, because in 185 Zou Jing was Adjutant of the Northern Army.

In 185, as Adjutant of the Northern Army, he recommanded recruiting troops from the Xianbi (鮮卑) barbarians, rather than from the Wuhuan (烏桓), to fight the rebels of Liang province.

Fact vs. Fiction
Historically Zou Jing did not serve Liu Yan (劉焉).