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Shi Xiu
Shi Xiu is a fictional character in "Water Margin", one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Daredevil Third Brother", he ranks 33rd among the 36 Heavenly Spirits, the first third of the 108 Stars of Destiny.
Background.
Shi Xiu's ancestral home is Jiankang Prefecture, which is present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu. He started out by travelling around with his uncle to do business. After his uncle died, he made huge losses and did not have
year, with assistance from the generals Zhang Bu and Ding Feng, Sun Xiu ousted Sun Chen from power and executed him. At the beginning of his short reign, Sun Xiu appointed Shi Ji as Upper General-in-Chief (上大將軍) and Protector-General Controller (都護督), and ordered him to relocate his headquarters from Baqiu (巴丘; present-day Yueyang, Hunan) to Xiling (西陵; present-day Yichang, Hubei).
Shi Ji continued serving under Sun Xiu's successor, Sun