Pan Zhang
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| Names | |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese: | 潘璋 |
| Traditional Chinese: | 潘璋 |
| Pinyin: | Pān Zhāng |
| Zi: | Wéngūi (文珪) |
Pan Zhang (177 - 234) was an officer under Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. Although an active officer with high rank, he was known to desire wealth and treasure, and to dress himself in gaudy fashion. It was said that he would kill wealthy officials or soldiers in order to confiscate their wealth for his own.
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[edit] Life
[edit] Early life
Pan Zhang originated from Fagan (發干) in Dongjun (Presently Puyang in Henan Province). He began to follow Sun Quan after Sun Quan rose to Chief of Yanxian. Known as a drinker and a gambler, Pan Zhang was known to borrow money to quench these habits, and claim he would pay his debts when he became endowed with wealth. Sun Quan recruited him after gaining an interest in him, and Pan Zhang then joined him. First as a captain, Pan Zhang made a name for himself as a strong disciplinarian: He became popular for his powers to cease crime in any area he lived. For that, Pan Zhang became well known, and was promoted to be prefect of Xi’an in Yuzhang. He prevented any invaders from crossing the border once stationed there, including men of Liu Biao, still in power over Jingzhou.
On Sun Ce's expedition to defeat Huang Zu, Pan Zhang served in Sun Quan's retinue. He captured Su Fei, and thus increased his reputation as a capable warrior.
In 219, his forces captured Guan Yu alive with the help of Zhu Ran, with credit for the capture going to his subordinate Ma Zhong.
During the Battle of Yiling in 222, he served under Lu Xun and drove back the forces of Shu.
After this, in a battle with Wei he was successful in attacking and driving out the forces of Xiahou Shang, for which he ws promoted to the rank of General of the Right (右将軍).
[edit] In fiction
In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he captured Guan Yu, and was given the famed weapon the Green Dragon Crescent Blade as a reward. However Guan Yu's son Guan Xing attempted to kill him and Pan Zhang was startled by Guan Yu's ghost and was cut down by Guan Xing.
[edit] References
This article was translated from Japanese wikipedia.
