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{{Short description|3rd century Chinese general serving Liu Bei}}
{{Other people|Zhang Bao|Zhang Bao (disambiguation){{!}}Zhang Bao}}
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| name = Zhang Bao<br>張苞
| image = Zhang Bao Qing portrait.jpg
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| caption = A [[Qing dynasty]] portrait of Zhang Bao
| birth_date = Unknown
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| death_date = Unknown
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| father = [[Zhang Fei]]
| relatives = Zhang Shao (brother)<br>[[Empress Zhang (Liu Shan's first wife)|Empress Jing'ai]] (sister)<br>[[Empress Zhang (Liu Shan's second wife)|Empress Zhang]] (sister)
| children = Zhang Zun
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{{family name hatnote|[[Zhang (surname)|Zhang]]|lang=Chinese}}

'''Zhang Bao''' ({{fl.}} third century) was the eldest son of [[Zhang Fei]], a general who served the warlord [[Liu Bei]] during the late [[Eastern Han dynasty]] and the state of [[Shu Han]] during the [[Three Kingdoms]] period of China. Little is known about Zhang Bao's life because Zhang Fei's biography in the historical text ''[[Records of the Three Kingdoms]]'' only mentioned that he was Zhang Fei's eldest son and that he died early.<ref>(長子苞，早夭。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 36, p 944.</ref>

Zhang Bao had a son, Zhang Zun (張遵), who served as a Master of Writing (尚書) in the Shu government and was killed in battle at [[Mianzhu]] in 263 during the [[Conquest of Shu by Wei]].<ref>(苞子遵為尚書，隨諸葛瞻於綿竹，與鄧艾戰，死。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 36.</ref><ref>(忠、纂馳還更戰，大破之，斬瞻及尚書張遵等首，進軍到雒。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 28.</ref> Zhang Bao also had a younger brother, Zhang Shao (張紹), who inherited their father's peerage and served as a Supervisor of the Masters of Writing (尚書僕射) in the Shu government. After the fall of Shu in 263, Zhang Shao was enfeoffed as a marquis by the Wei government along with many other former Shu officials who surrendered.<ref>(用光祿大夫譙周策，降於艾，奉書曰：「... 謹遣私署侍中張紹、光祿大夫譙周、駙馬都尉鄧良奉齎印緩，請命告誠， ...」 ... 紹、良與艾相遇於雒縣。 ... 後主舉家東遷，旣至洛陽， ... 尚書令樊建、侍中張紹、光祿大夫譙周、祕書令郤正、殿中督張通並封列侯。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 33.</ref>

==In ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''==
Zhang Bao appears as a character in the 14th-century historical novel ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', which romanticises the historical events before and during the [[Three Kingdoms]] period. He makes his first appearance in the novel when he informs [[Liu Bei]] of his father's assassination just before the [[Battle of Xiaoting|Battle of Yiling]]. Zhang Bao meets [[Guan Xing]], Guan Yu's second son, and competes with him for the position of leading the vanguard force into battle. After nearly coming to blows, Zhang Bao and Guan Xing are stopped by Liu Bei, who forces them to become oath brothers in the same manner he did with their fathers many years ago. The two are regularly depicted together from that moment onwards.

In the novel, Zhang Bao is involved in several military campaigns, including the disastrous Battle of Xiaoting and [[Zhuge Liang]]'s [[Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions|Northern Expeditions]] against Shu's rival state [[Cao Wei|Wei]]. In the third Northern Expedition, Zhang Bao falls into a gully while pursuing the Wei generals [[Guo Huai]] and [[Sun Li (general)|Sun Li]], and later dies from the resulting injuries. When Zhuge Liang learns of Zhang Bao's death, he becomes so upset that he coughs blood and faints.

==Modern references==
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Zhang Bao is first introduced as a playable character in the [[Dynasty Warriors 8|eighth instalment]] of [[Koei]]'s ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' video game series. In the [[Dynasty Warriors 9|ninth instalment]], his mother is [[Lady Xiahou|Xiahou Ji]] ([[Xiahou Yuan]]'s niece and Zhang Fei's only known wife), making him a brother of [[Empress Zhang (Liu Shan's second wife)|Xingcai]].

Zhang Bao's rivalry with Guan Xing and his involvement in the [[Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions|Northern Expeditions]] are depicted in the 2008 film ''[[Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon]]''.

==See also==
* [[Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [[Chen Shou|Chen, Shou]] (3rd century). ''[[Records of the Three Kingdoms]]'' (''Sanguozhi'').
* [[Luo Guanzhong|Luo, Guanzhong]] (14th century). ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' (''Sanguo Yanyi'').

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