High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Qu Yi was an officer serving under Yuan Shao during the later years of the Han Dynasty of China. Following the Battle of Jieqiao, Qu Yi took the high position of controlling the central army. During this battle, Qu Yi managed to slay Gongsun Zan's officer Yan Gang and was a great asset to Yuan's army. It is said that Qu Yi was purged from the court by Yuan Shao due to his exceeding arrogance. Afterward, Qu Yi's family successfully escaped from Yuan Shao, and changed their family name from Qú ( ) to Q ( , meaning injustice or crooked). In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Qu Yi is killed in the Battle of Jieqiao by Zhao Yun during the counterattack by Gongsun Zan's army. The Han Dynasty (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Hàn Cháo; Wade-Giles: Han Ch'ao; IPA: [xân t ]; 206 BCE 220 CE) was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221 206 BCE) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220 265 CE). It was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty (9 23 CE) of the former regent Wang Mang.