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Meaning & History
From the characters 恶 (è, meaning “evil, malevolence”) and 来 (lái, meaning “to come”). This was the name of a bodyguard who served King Zhou, the last ruler of the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 -1048 B.C.E.). He was known for having immense physical strength and was the son of Feilian, also a Shang retainer.In the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this name is given as a nickname to the warrior Dian Wei by his master Cao Cao.
