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277:Parent
252:Xun Yi
245:Xun Yu
99:Xun Yu
50:, but
1150:anime
607:Anhui
577:Death
508:Lü Bu
467:(his
434:Hebei
387:Henan
230:Anhui
214:Henan
21:Xunyu
1255:ISBN
1148:and
1123:Koei
1117:and
1105:Koei
1085:荀氏家傳
923:南陽公主
514:and
483:and
411:王佐之才
220:Died
204:Born
151:–212
1277:of
1237:Han
1235:of
1169:'s
1165:In
1125:'s
1103:In
1071:荀伯子
498:in
471:),
436:).
345:Xun
342:is
207:163
155:212
147:196
143:196
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1331:).
1210:^
1131:.
1062:荀羨
1050:荀灌
1038:荀崧
1024:荀寓
1018:荀羽
1009:荀霬
1003:荀悝
994:荀霬
988:荀愷
979:荀霬
973:荀憺
964:荀頵
950:陳泰
938:荀俁
932:荀寓
913:荀霬
904:荀甝
883:荀勗
866:陰瑜
860:荀采
848:荀悅
811:荀粲
799:荀顗
787:荀詵
778:荀俁
765:荀惲
753:唐衡
747:唐氏
725:荀諶
713:荀衍
699:荀旉
690:荀肅
681:荀爽
669:荀汪
660:荀燾
651:荀靖
642:荀儉
621:荀淑
605:,
521:鄄城
479:,
475:,
401:.
385:,
228:,
212:,
116:A
105:荀彧
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