Zhang Fei - Modern References

Modern References

• Zhang Fei is featured as a playable character in all installments of Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series, as well as Warriors Orochi, a crossover between Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. He also appears in other video games produced by Koei, such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dynasty Tactics and Kessen II. Other non-Koei titles that he is featured in include Clash of Kingdoms, Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon and Destiny of an Emperor.

• In the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering there is a card named "Zhang Fei, Fierce Warrior" in the Portal Three Kingdoms set.

• Zhang Fei appears as a brutal, but shrewd warrior of immense power in The Ravages of Time, a manhua series by Chan Mou. He is therein also depicted as the artist of the Peach Garden Style of painting.

• In Koihime Musō, Zhang Fei is portrayed as a young female character who was given the real name "Rinrin".

• The Kuomintang general Zhang Fakui was nicknamed "Zhang Fei".

• In 1959 the PLA marshal Peng Dehuai identified himself with Zhang Fei. Because Mao Zedong was popularly associated with Cao Cao, Mao and other members of the Chinese Communist Party interpreted Peng's identification with Zhang as confrontational, eventually leading to Mao ending Peng's career.