Pang Hui
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| Names | |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese: | 庞会 |
| Traditional Chinese: | 龐會 |
| Pinyin: | Páng Huì |
| Wade-Giles: | P'ang Hui |
| Zi: | Unknown |
Pang Hui was a military general serving the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. He was also a son of the general Pang De, who was captured and executed by Guan Yu after a defeat at the Battle of Fancheng. Pang Hui inherited his father's courage and ferocity in battle and was eventually promoted to General of the Center Guard (中衛將軍) and enfeoffed as a marquis.
According to the Record of Shu (蜀記) by Wang Yin (王隱), after the Kingdom of Shu was conquered by the Kingdom of Wei in 263, Pang Hui massacred the entire family of the then already dead Guan Yu to avenge Pang De.
In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Pang De specifically instructed his wife to take good care of Pang Hui before he left for battle at Fancheng (樊城, present day Xiangfan, Hubei). He even predicted that Pang Hui would avenge him as the child had a unique appearance (possibly in the sense of physiognomy).
[edit] References
- Chen Shou (2002). San Guo Zhi. Yue Lu Shu She. ISBN 7-80665-198-5.
- Luo Guanzhong (1986). San Guo Yan Yi. Yue Lu Shu She. ISBN 7-80520-013-0.
- Lo Kuan-chung; tr. C.H. Brewitt-Taylor (2002). Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3467-9.
