Lady Zhang 張妃 (Jing’ai)

Lady Zhang 張妃
T. Chinese	張妃
S. Chinese	张妃
Pinyin	Zhāng fēi
Wade-Giles	Chang fei
Other name(s)	Empress Jing’ai
Personal information
Died	237 AD
Literary appearance(s)	• SGZ: Shu 4
Battle information
Affiliation(s)	• Shu-Han
Title(s)	• Empress

Lady Zhang 張妃 was the eldest daughter of general Zhang Fei 張飛 and empress of Liu Shan 劉禪.

Records of the Three Kingdoms official biography [translation]

　The Attentive and Lamented Empress of the Later Lord [Liu Shan] (Jìng’āi huánghòu 後主敬哀皇后) was the eldest daughter of the General of Chariots and Cavalry (jūjì jiāngjūn 車騎將軍) Zhang Fei. In the first year of Zhangwu 章武 she was made consort of the heir-apparent [Liu Shan]. In the first year of Jianxing 建興 she was made empress. She died in the fifteenth year of Jianxing. She was buried at the Nan Tumulus (南陵 Nánlíng)

Family

• Parents
  • Zhang Fei
  • Lady Xiahou
• Husband
  • Liu Shan
• Brother
  • Zhang Bao
  • Zhang Shao
• Sisters
  • Lady Zhang - younger sister

Notes

• This is not the lady Koei-Tecmo based Xingcai on.
• The Lady’s mother was Lady Xiahou, a cousin of Xiahou Ba.
• When the Lady died, the title of empress was passed down to her younger sister.

Sources

• Chen Shou 陳壽 (233–297). Sanguo zhi 三國志 “Records of the Three Kingdoms”, with official commentary compiled by Pei Songzhi 裴松之 (372-451).
• de Crespigny, Rafe. A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23 - 220 AD). Leiden: BRILL, 2007.