1. Zhang Fei, courtesy name Yide, 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.
40 Facts About Zhang Fei
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Zhang Fei fought in various battles on Liu Bei's side, including the Red Cliffs campaign, takeover of Yi Province, and Hanzhong Campaign.
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Zhang Fei 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.
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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.
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Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were known as stalwart and strong men; which made them talented fighters.
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Zhang Fei wanted to kill Cao Bao, a former officer under Tao Qian, for reasons unknown.
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In Xu, Zhang Fei was appointed as a General of the Household.
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Zhang Fei headed to Xu Province, killed Che Zhou, the provincial governor appointed by Cao Cao, and seized control of Xiapi again.
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Zhang Fei eventually found shelter under Liu Biao, the Governor of Jing Province.
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Zhang Fei immediately ordered his troops to leave behind their heavy equipment and baggage, and move swiftly to Xiangyang.
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Zhang Fei led 20 horsemen to cover Liu Bei's retreat.
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Zhang Fei was appointed General Who Attacks Barbarians and Administrator of Yidu Commandery.
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Zhang Fei was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Xin Village.
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Zhang Fei was later reassigned to serve as the Administrator of Nan Commandery.
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In 211, Liu Bei led an army to Yi Province to assist the governor Liu Zhang Fei in countering the advances of a rival warlord, Zhang Fei Lu of Hanzhong Commandery.
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Zhang Fei left Zhang Fei and others behind to guard Jing Province in his absence.
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Around 212, relations between Liu Bei and Liu Zhang Fei deteriorated to the point of conflict, when Liu Bei started a campaign aimed at seizing Yi Province from Liu Zhang Fei.
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When Liu Zhang Fei heard that Liu Bei received reinforcements from Jing Province, he dispatched Zhang Fei Yi with an army to stop them at Deyang County.
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However, Zhang Fei defeated them and forced Zhang Yi to withdraw back to Chengdu.
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Along the way, Zhang Fei attacked Jiangzhou, which was defended by Zhao Zan the Administrator of Ba Commandery along with his more famous subordinate Yan Yan, a military officer serving under Liu Zhang.
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Zhang Fei defeated both of them and captured Yan Yan alive.
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In 214, Liu Zhang Fei surrendered and yielded Yi Province to Liu Bei.
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Zhang Fei was appointed as the Administrator of Baxi Commandery.
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Zhang Fei's army passed through Dangqu, Mengtou and Dangshi counties, and encountered Zhang Fei's troops.
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Zhang Fei ordered Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to supervise Wu Lan, Lei Tong and Ren Kui to attack Wudu Commandery, which was defended by Cao Hong.
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Zhang Fei appointed Zhang Fei as General of the Right.
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Many people believed that Zhang Fei would receive this responsibility and even Zhang Fei himself thought so too.
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Zhang Fei promoted Zhang Fei to General of Chariots and Cavalry and Colonel-Director of Retainers, and enfeoffed him as the Marquis of Xi District.
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Zhang Fei was ordered to lead 10,000 troops from Langzhong to rendezvous with Liu Bei's main force at Jiangzhou.
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Zhang Fei was around 13 years old at the time by East Asian age reckoning.
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Zhang Fei knew that she was of good upbringing, so he married her.
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Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both had the style of a guoshi.
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Guan Yu repaid Cao Cao's kindness while Zhang Fei released Yan Yan out of righteousness.
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However, Guan Yu was unrelenting and conceited while Zhang Fei was brutal and heartless.
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Cheng Yu, an adviser to Cao Cao, once mentioned that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were "capable of fighting ten thousand of enemies".
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Zhang Fei was described to be an alcoholic, and his obsession with alcohol caused his judgment to be affected from time to time.
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Zhang Fei sometimes appears as a door god in Chinese and Taoist temples, partnered with Guan Yu.
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Zhang Fei is featured as a playable character in all instalments of Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series, as well as Warriors Orochi, a crossover between Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors.
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Zhang Fei appears in other video games produced by Koei, such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dynasty Tactics and Kessen II.
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The narrative follows the movements of Australian writer Dean Kerrison in the ancient town Langzhong, Sichuan, which Zhang Fei governed and died in.