Zhou Yu made little friends with Sun Ce, and 2 1 year-old went to the battlefield with Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong. After the assassination of Sun Ce, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, and Zhou Yu sent troops to attend the funeral, taking charge of affairs together with Zhang Zhao, who has a long history in China. In the 13th year of Jian 'an (208), Zhou Yu led an army to unite with Liu Bei and Battle of Red Cliffs defeated Cao Jun, which laid the foundation of "three points of the world". In the 14th year of Jian 'an (209), General Bai Qing led the Southern County Governor. In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (2 10), he died in Baqiu at the age of 36.
In the official history, Zhou Yu is a "real genius". Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu as "the capital of Wang Zuo", and Fan Chengda praised Zhou Yu as "the hero of the world and the beautiful husband of Jiang Zuo". When Song Huizong chased him for Pinglu. Ranked among the sixty-four generals of Tang Wu Temple and one of the seventy-two generals of Wu Song Temple.