Overview
The translated histories identify Fa Zheng as an envoy, official, and strategist. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Fa Zheng | 法正 | Fa Zheng |
| Surname | Fa | 法 | Fǎ |
| Personal name | Fa Zheng | 法正 | |
| Personal name | Fa Zheng | 法正 | Fǎ Zhèng |
| Given | Zheng | 正 | |
| Given | Zheng | 正 | Zhèng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · sanguozhi:031:s0090
- Sex: maleExplicit · sanguozhi:031:s0126
Roles
- Envoy
- Official
- Strategist
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 建安十六年 · Western Year: AD 211Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:031:s0090, sanguozhi:031:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 張松、法正 · Western Year: AD 211Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0126
Events and relationships
- Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0090, sanguozhi:031:s0092
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: with Zhang Song, pledged allegiance while failing to declare a clean break, playing both sides · Other Person Id: Zhang Song (張松) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 張松、法正 · Western Year: AD 211Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0126, sanguozhi:031:s0128
- Relation: served · Person Id: Liu Zhang (劉璋) · Note: vassal whose loyalty to Liu Zhang was compromisedStrongly inferred · sanguozhi:031:s0126
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: ruler-minister righteousness incorrect; disloyal scheming of a lesser grade of guilt · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Zhang Fan (張璠)Explicit · sanguozhi:031:s0126, sanguozhi:031:s0128
References in the histories
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