Guan Jing

Guan Jing (onyomi: Kan Sei) is an official during the last years of the Han Dynasty who served as the favored advisor to Gongsun Zan. During the Battle of Yijing, he was killed in action alongside his master.

Roles in Games
Guan Jing first appears in Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends at Jieqiao, where he is among the secondary forces attacking on the east, alongside Zou Dan. In Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires, Guan Jing appears as a default member of Gongsun Zan's faction based in Beiping.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms usually presents Guan Jing as Gongsun Zan's lone strategist. His highest stat is his intelligence which is in the low 70s along with his politics in the low 60s. His other stats fall short ranging from the mid 30s to low 50s. Guan Jing is a decent official for domestic tasks but does terrible in military related duties.

Historical Information
Guan Jing was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi and served as Gongsun Zan's Chief Clerk. He was one of Gongsun Zan's most trusted subordinates, despite Records of Heroes (also known as Records of the Late Han Heroes), claiming that Guan Jing was cruel, incompetent, and full of flattery.

In the year 198, during the Battle of Yijing, Gongsun Zan desired to break out of Yuan Shao's encirclement of the fortress in order to meet up with the reinforcements his son Gongsun Xu and Zhang Yan brought over, as well as harass Yuan Shao's rear. Guan Jing advised against such a move, and instead recommended that Gongsun Zan remain inside the city. As a result, reinforcements were unable to reach Yijing and the siege dragged on into the next year. In 199, Yuan Shao deceived Gongsun Zan into riding out of Yijing into an ambush. This action subsequently led to the fortress being overrun, Gongsun Zan committed suicide in despair after this crushing defeat. Guan Jing, feeling regretful about the situation and Gongsun Zan's death, charged head-on into Yuan Shao's forces, and was slain. His head was then subsequently sent to Xuchang to report Yuan Shao's victory to the court.