Battle of Chibi (208) — the same event in Book of the Later Han, Records of the Three Kingdoms and Zizhi Tongjian

Book of the Later Han: Cao Cao attacked Sun Quan with his navy but was defeated by Zhou Yu at Wulin and Chibi.; Records of the Three Kingdoms: Cao…

What each source says

Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals · AD 208 · 赤壁

Cao Cao attacked Sun Quan with his navy but was defeated by Zhou Yu at Wulin and Chibi.

曹操以舟師伐孫權,權將周瑜敗之於烏林、赤壁。
Location: 後漢書卷9 孝獻帝紀 建安13年

Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) · AD 208 · 赤壁

Cao Cao fought Liu Bei at Red Cliffs and was at a disadvantage; he withdrew his army because of an epidemic.

公至赤壁,與備戰,不利。
Location: 魏書 武帝紀 (卷01) 建安13년

Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) · AD 208 · 赤壁

Zhuge Liang allied with Sun Quan; Zhou Yu and tens of thousands of navy men joined Liu Bei, and at Red Cliffs they defeated Cao Cao and burned his ships.

先主遣諸葛亮自結於孫權,權遣周瑜、程普等水軍數萬,與先主并力,與曹公戰於赤壁,大破之,焚其舟船。
Location: 蜀書 先主傳 (卷32) 建安13년

Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) · AD 208 · 赤壁

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu each led ten thousand men, and with Liu Bei routed Cao Cao heavily at Red Cliffs; Cao Cao burned his remaining ships and withdrew.

瑜、普爲左右督,各領萬人,與備俱進,遇於赤壁,大破曹公軍。
Location: 吳書 吳主傳 (卷47) 建安13년

Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) · AD 208 · 赤壁

A plague struck Cao Cao's army and it was unfavorable in the first clash, so it withdrew north of the river. Huang Gai, a general of Zhou Yu from Nanan, proposed a fire attack, loading ten warships of mengchong and tou-hu with dry brushwood and oil and covering the tops with cloth.

時操軍眾已有疾疫,初一交戰,操軍不利,引次江北。
Location: 資治通鑑 卷065 (원문 단락 #5296, 208년)

Where the sources differ

A and B are two of the sources listed above.

On what pointSource ASource BWhat differs (in Korean)
WhoBook of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), AnnalsRecords of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi)a는 손권·주유와 싸웠다고, b는 劉備와 싸웠다고
WhoRecords of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi)Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror)a는 劉備와 싸운 것으로 적음, b는 황개 화공
WhoRecords of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi)Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror)a는 諸葛亮·周瑜 수군, b는 黃蓋 화공
WhoRecords of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi)Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror)a는 周瑜·程普, b는 黃蓋 화공

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