Records of the Three Kingdoms
Zhang Fei, courtesy name Yide, was from Zhuo commandery. From youth he followed Liu Bei with Guan Yu. The novel and the Huayang guo zhi write the courtesy name as Yide with a different character. Chen Shou says he respected gentlemen and did not care for petty men, the reverse of Guan Yu’s fault.
At Changban in 208 he held the rear with twenty riders, blocked the bridge, glared, levelled his spear, and shouted that he was Zhang Yide and anyone might come and die with him. No one in Cao Cao’s army dared approach. He later entered Shu, faced Zhang He in Baxi, and won engagements there. When Liu Bei became emperor, Zhang Fei was general of chariots and cavalry and was to join the eastern campaign from Langzhong. Before he set out, his officers Zhang Da and Fan Qiang killed him and took the head to Sun Quan.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Besides the bridge, the novel has him shout the bridge itself in two. A roar becomes a feat of power. On the way into Shu he releases Yan Yan for the sake of honor.
He flogs soldiers and forces them to finish white banners and white armor at once. They kill him for it. The histories’ verdict is cruelty without kindness. The white banners and the counted lashes are the spark the novel supplies.
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