Yuan Shao was born in Ruyang, Runan (now Laoyuan Village, Shangshui County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province). Son of Sikong Yuanfeng, a famous warlord at the end of Han Dynasty. Born in a famous family, since my great-grandfather, four generations of five people have been ranked above the three fairs, and they are also ranked above the three fairs, so their family is called "four generations of three fairs."
Yuan Shu, a native of Runan Ruyang (now southwest of Henan Shangshui), is Yuan Shao's younger brother. I became the commander of the samurai corps for the first time. After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, with Yuan Shu as the post-general, Yuan Shu fled Nanyang for fear of disaster. In the first year of Chuping (190), Yuan Shao and Cao Cao simultaneously set out to beg Dong Zhuo. Later, he turned against Yuan Shao, was defeated by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and led the rest to Jiujiang to enfeoffment Yangzhou.