- Zhang Bao (Shu Han)
Chinese
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s=张苞Zhang Bao was the oldest son of the famous
Shu Han general,Zhang Fei . There is little information on the historical personage, withChen Shou 's Records of Three Kingdoms merely stating that he died prematurely. Zhang Bao, however, appears as a fairly prominent character inLuo Guanzhong 's historical novel, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms ".Zhang Bao's first appearance within the novel was to inform
Liu Bei of his father's assassination. It was during this time that he metGuan Xing , second son ofGuan Yu , with whom he contested the position of leader of the van. After nearly coming to blows, the two young men were stopped by Liu Bei and were forced to swear brotherhood to each other. The two were regularly depicted together from that moment onwards.Zhang Bao was involved in several military campaigns, including Liu Bei's disastrous invasion of
Eastern Wu andZhuge Liang 's Northern Expeditions againstCao Wei . In the third campaign, Zhang Bao fell into a gully while pursuing the generalsGuo Huai andSun Li , and died from the resulting injuries. When Zhuge Liang heard of Zhang Bao's death, he was greatly upset, fainting and spewing blood, serving as a prelude to his own eventual death caused by overwork and poor health.Zhang Bao had one known son,
Zhang Zun who died alongsideHuang Chong andLi Qiu while defendingMian Zhu from the Wei army.
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