Zhang Fei

Zhang Fei
張飛
Ming dynasty portrait of Zhang Fei
General of Chariots and Cavalry (車騎將軍)
In office 221
Monarch	Liu Bei
Colonel-Director of Retainers (司隸校尉)
In office 221
Monarch	Liu Bei
Succeeded by	Zhuge Liang
General of the Right (右將軍)
In office 219 (219)–221 (221)
Monarch	Liu Bei
Administrator of Baxi (巴西太守) (under Liu Bei)
In office 214 (214)–219 (219)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Administrator of Nan Commandery (南郡太守) (under Liu Bei)
In office ? (?)–214 (214)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Administrator of Yidu (宜都太守) (under Liu Bei)
In office ? (?)–? (?)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
General Who Attacks Barbarians (征虜將軍) (under Liu Bei)
In office 209 (209)–? (?)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
General of the Household (中郎將) (under Liu Bei)
In office 199 (199)–209 (209)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Personal details
Born	Unknown Zhuo Commandery, Han Empire
Died	July or August 221[a] Langzhong County, Baxi Commandery, Shu Han
Spouse	Lady Xiahou
Children	Empress Jing'ai Empress Zhang Zhang Bao Zhang Shao
Occupation	Military general, politician
Courtesy name	Yide (益德)
Posthumous name	Marquis Huan (桓侯)
Peerage	Marquis of Xixiang (西鄉侯)

Zhang Fei
"Zhang Fei" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese	張飛
Simplified Chinese	张飞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Fēi Wade–Giles Chang1 Fei1 IPA [ʈʂáŋ féɪ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jēung Fēi Jyutping Zoeng1 Fei1 IPA [tsœŋ˥ fej˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiun Hui Tâi-lô Tiunn Hui

Zhang Fei (pronunciation^ⓘ) (traditional Chinese: 張飛; simplified Chinese: 张飞; pinyin: Zhāng Fēi; died July or August 221 AD),^[a] courtesy name Yide (益德^[b]), was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who were among the earliest to join Liu Bei, shared a brotherly relationship with their lord and accompanied him on most of his early exploits. Zhang Fei fought in various battles on Liu Bei's side, including the Red Cliffs campaign (208–209), takeover of Yi Province (212–214), and Hanzhong Campaign (217–218). He was assassinated by his subordinates in 221 after serving for only a few months in the state of Shu Han, which was founded by Liu Bei earlier that year.^[2]

Zhang Fei is one of the major characters in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which dramatises and romanticises the events before and during the Three Kingdoms period. In the novel, Zhang Fei became sworn brothers with Liu Bei and Guan Yu in the fictional Oath of the Peach Garden at the start of the novel and remained faithful to their oath until his death.

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