In Fiction
In Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Qiao was the father of the two Qiao sisters, and was referred to as "Qiao Guolao" (喬國老; literally: "State Elder Qiao"). He appears in chapter 54 in the events leading to the marriage between Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang.
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