The names of various generals first appeared in the Han dynasty, and their status at that time was the same as that of some generals. When Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, Cen Peng served as the general of conquering the south. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Cao Cao often conquered all directions because of the war, but he often placed four generals with a rank of two thousand stones. In Wei Wendi's era, the official position was divided into nine grades, and the four-levy generals were second-class, second only to the three fairs. In the Jin Dynasty, they were third-class. After the government opened wider to the outside world, it became the permanent official name of senior generals. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, he was also a senior general after the general. Abolished after the Tang Dynasty.

During the Three Kingdoms period, General Cheung Nam took command of Jing and Yu and settled in Xinye.