Zhang Fei (? - 221), named Yide, was born in Zhuojun, Youzhou (now Zhuozhou City, Baoding City, Hebei Province). He was a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Bei retreated at Changbanpo. Zhang Fei only led 20 cavalry to cut off the rear and cut off the bridge by the water. No one from Cao's army dared to approach. When he swept Xichuan with Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun, he released Yan Yan in Jiangzhou. During the Battle of Hanzhong, he defeated Zhang He in Danqu. , made great contributions to the Shu Han Dynasty. He was promoted to general of chariots and cavalry, captain of Sili school, and Marquis of Xixiang. He was later assassinated by Fan Qiang and Zhang Da. In the later lord era, he was posthumously named "Huanhou". In traditional Chinese culture, Zhang Fei is known for his bravery, recklessness, and hatred of evil. Although this image mainly comes from folk arts such as novels and dramas, it has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
According to the Ming Dynasty Zhuo Erchang's "Painting of the Essence of Painting", Zhang Fei not only liked painting beauties, but was also good at cursive calligraphy. It is recorded in "Danqian Zonglu" that there is a Diao Dou inscription in Fuling, and the inscription on it was written by Zhang Fei. The sword Zhang Fei wore and the words on the horse inscription were also engraved by Zhang Fei. Wu Zhen, a painter of the Yuan Dynasty, once wrote a poem and spoke highly of Zhang Fei's calligraphy, saying that Zhong Yao of Wei and Huang Xiang of Wu were probably less accomplished in calligraphy than Zhang Fei. It is said that Zhang Fei can also compose poems. When he traveled quickly to Zhenduo Mountain, he felt inspired and wrote "Travel Notes on Zhenduo Mountain".
However, Zhuge Zhan is the only one mentioned in "Three Kingdoms" that Shu people were good at calligraphy and painting. Various descriptions of calligraphy and painting from then to the early Ming Dynasty are important and can be found in the "Sikuquanshu", such as "Cai Gu Lai Can Write Names of People", "Book Products", "Zhi Zhi", "Book Breaks", "Shu Shu Fu" ”, “The Essential Records of Dharma Books”, “Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties”, “Ink Sovereign”, “Xuanhe Calligraphy Genealogy”, “Short History of Calligraphy”, “Pictures and Painting Treasures”, “History of Calligraphy”, all these books Zhang Fei was not seen in any of them. Among the dharma calligraphy handed down from generation to generation, there are very few works by Zhang Fei. Therefore, Cai Dongzhou pointed out that all the so-called works of Zhang Fei are forgeries of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Fei's elegance was the "contribution" of the Ming Dynasty, but he can still make an argument for the identification of fakes.
In addition, it is said that the "Travel Notes on Zhenduo Mountain" was written by Zhang Fei. The "Jade Furnace Three Streams of Snow" in the poem is actually the name of a poem adapted from "Moon on the West River", which was founded in the Quanzhen Sect. The founder, Wang Chongyang, had the idea of ??inner elixir that came later. It was not the Taoism of the late Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and should be a forgery of later generations.