Xiahou Lan
| Zhao Yun | |
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| 趙雲 | |
A Qing dynasty illustration of Zhao Yun
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| General Who Guards the Army (鎮軍將軍) | |
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In office 227 – 229 |
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| Monarch | Liu Shan |
| Chancellor | Zhuge Liang |
| General Who Guards the East (鎮東將軍) | |
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In office c. early 220s – 227 |
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| Monarch | Liu Shan |
| Chancellor | Zhuge Liang |
| General Who Attacks the South (征南將軍) | |
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In office 223 – c. early 220s |
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| Monarch | Liu Shan |
| Chancellor | Zhuge Liang |
| General of the Assisting Army (翊軍將軍) | |
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In office 214 – c. early 220s |
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| Administrator of Guiyang (桂陽太守) | |
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In office c. 209 – 214 |
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| Preceded by | Zhao Fan |
| Lieutenant-General (偏將軍) | |
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In office c. 209 – 214 |
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| General of the Standard (牙門將軍) | |
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In office 208 – ? |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (Unknown) Zhengding County, Hebei |
| Died | 229 |
| Children |
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| Occupation | General |
| Courtesy name | Zilong (子龍) |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Shunping (順平侯) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Yongchang Village (永昌亭侯) |
Zhao Yun (died 229),courtesy name Zilong, was a military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. Originally a subordinate of the northern warlord Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun later came to serve another warlord, Liu Bei, and had since accompanied him on most of his military exploits, from the Battle of Changban (208) to the Hanzhong Campaign (217–219). He continued serving in the state of Shu Han – founded by Liu Bei in 221 – in the Three Kingdoms period and participated in the first of the Northern Expeditions until his death in 229. While many facts about Zhao Yun's life remain unclear due to limited information in historical sources, some aspects and activities in his life had been dramatised or exaggerated in folklore and fiction, most notably in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which he was lauded as a member of the Five Tiger Generals under Liu Bei.
Zhao Yun's original biography in the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), written by Chen Shou in the third century, is only 346 Chinese characters long. In the fifth century, Pei Songzhi added annotations from the Zhao Yun Biezhuan (趙雲別傳; Unofficial Biography of Zhao Yun) to Zhao Yun's biography in the Sanguozhi, providing a relatively clearer, though still incomplete picture of Zhao Yun's life.
Zhao Yun was from Zhending County (真定縣), Changshan Commandery (常山郡), which is located south of present-day Zhengding County, Hebei. The Zhao Yun Biezhuan described his physical appearance as follows: eight chi tall (approximately 1.85 metres), with majestic and impressive looks.
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