Among the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, the stories of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are widely known. After Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Wei Group of Cao Cao, Liu Bei Group and Soochow Group of Sun Quan formed a pattern of separation of powers. The stories of the Three Kingdoms are rich and colorful, so future generations have talked about them so far. However, in the Three Kingdoms, one character was forgotten by everyone. He is Gan Ning. In the new version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, his story has been deleted, and he has not appeared in many film and television dramas. So, in history, what kind of person is the real Gan Ning? Why did Sun Quan always attach so much importance to him after he took refuge in Sun Quan?

Gan Ning was born in an unknown year and died in 220 AD. He was born in Linjiang, Baxian (now Zhongxian, Chongqing). He was a general of Sun Wu in the Three Kingdoms period, and he was the prefect of Xiling and the general of Zhechong. Young gan ning idled about, doing nothing and wandering around. At that time, people were harassed by him and nicknamed him "Jin Fan thief". Gan Ning, who was in his twenties, was unwilling to accomplish nothing all his life, so he converged his body and mind, began to study, specialized in a hundred schools of thought, and entered the official career.

In A.D. 194, Gan Ning defected to Liu Biao. Later, Gan Ning found that Liu Biao could not achieve great things, so he planned to leave Liu Biao and find another mentor. At that time, Sun Quan was in Jiangdong, "recruiting talents and recruiting celebrities, as well as Lu Su and Zhu Gejin. "Is a guest, he decided to go to the party. Ganning Road ran into obstacles after passing through Xiakou, so we had to rely on Huang Zu in Jiangxia for the time being. Sun Quan led an army to attack Huang Zu. Under the resistance of Gan Ning, Huang Zu was able to save his life. But Huang Zu didn't reuse Gan Ning, and finally Gan Ning defected to Sun Quan at the suggestion of Su Fei.

After he surrendered to Sun Quan, Sun Quan attached great importance to Gan Ning because of the recommendation of Zhou Yu and Lv Meng. Treat gan ning like an old minister. Gan Ning was greatly moved. Later, he offered advice to Sun Quan and defeated Huang Zu. Gan Ning is brave and determined, bold and cheerful, resourceful, attaches great importance to talents and cares about subordinates. So Sun Quan relied on him very much and trusted him until he was old.