Zhang Zhao

張昭
Courtesy name: Zibu (子布)
Born
156
Died
236
Ancestral home
Pengcheng (Xuzhou, Jiangsu)
Book mentions
77
Roles:
advisor politician
Factions:
Eastern Wu (primary) Sun Ce
Appears in 25 chapters:
  • Chapter 15 — Taishi Ci Fights With The Young Overlord; Sun Ce Cuts Short The White Tiger King.
    Elder of the two Zhangs of Guangling, won by Sun Ce's personal visits and gifts; warns him against praying at the hilltop shrine with the enemy across the valley, and proposes the night raid that breaks Liu Yao's camp.
  • Chapter 17 — Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.
    Argues against attacking Yuan Shu alone: write to Cao Cao, let the great army strike from the north with Wu as auxiliary - the plan that creates the four-way convergence on Shouchun.
  • Chapter 29 — The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji; The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.
    Zhang Zhao; civil administrator named in Sun Ce's deathbed mandate ('for internal matters consult Zhang Zhao').
  • Chapter 38 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
    Counsels caution both times: warns that refusing Cao Cao's hostage demand risks attack, and holds that 'the armies should not move during the period of mourning' - overruled by Zhou Yu on each count.
  • Chapter 39 — At Jingzhou, The Son Of Liu Biao Thrice Begs Advice; At Bowang Slope, The Directing Instructor Plans His First Battle.
    Argues against holding faraway Jiangxia alone: go home, absorb Liu Biao's revenge expedition on friendly ground, then take the whole region - the counsel Sun Quan follows.
  • Chapter 43 — Zhuge Liang Disputes With The Southern Scholars; Lu Su Denounces The Majority Opinion.
    Leads the surrender party twice: the council argument that Cao Cao holds both the imperial authority and the Great River, and the opening challenge of the scholars' gauntlet - Guan Zhong and Yue Yi against Liu Bei's lost Jingzhou - answered with the physician parable and the 'common birds' laugh. After the war decision he rallies the scholars for one more assault on Sun Quan's resolve.
  • Chapter 44 — Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
    Brings his faction to Zhou Yu first and is told what he wants to hear; next day, invited to restate the surrender case before the throne, he is dismissed in one line - 'the opinion of an ill-advised student' - and watches the table corner fly.
  • Chapter 46 — Using Strategy, Zhuge Liang Borrows Arrows; Joining A Ruse, Huang Gai Accepts Punishment.
    Invoked in Huang Gai's scripted treason - 'better to take Zhang Zhao's advice, throw down your weapons, and surrender' - the name that makes the offense capital.
  • Chapter 53 — Guan Yu Releases Huang Zhong; Sun Quan Fights With Zhang Liao.
    Zhang Zhao; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 55 — Liu Bei Rouses The Spirit Of Lady Sun; Zhuge Liang A Second Time Angers Zhou Yu.
    Endorses the luxury trap point for point - give the lifelong wanderer wealth until Zhuge Liang and the brothers fade - and, when the couple bolts, urges immediate pursuit.
  • Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.
    Zhang Zhao; at Sun Quan's court.
  • Chapter 58 — Ma Chao Launches An Expedition For Revenge; Cao Cao Flees The Field In Disguise.
    Advises the appeal that saves the south: have Lu Su write to Liu Bei - marriage and friendship guarantee the answer.
  • Chapter 61 — In The River, Zhao Zilong Recovers Liu Shan; With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao.
    Zhang Zhao; designs the forged-illness letter to lure Lady Sun home.
  • Chapter 62 — The Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Perish; The Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival.
    Zhang Zhao; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
    Zhang Zhao; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 66 — Armed With Sword, Guan Yu Goes To A Feast Alone; For The State, Empress Fu Offers Her Life.
    Zhang Zhao; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 67 — Cao Cao Conquers Hanzhong; Zhang Liao Terrorizes Xiaoyao.
    Zhang Zhao; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
    Zhang Zhao; with Sun Quan.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Zhang Zhao; on Sun Quan's council; advocates the deal with Wei.
  • Chapter 75 — Guan Yu Has A Scraped-Bone Surgery; Lu Meng Crosses The River In White Robe.
    Zhang Zhao; on Sun Quan's council.
  • Chapter 77 — Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang; Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.
    Zhang Zhao; advises Sun Quan to ship the head to Cao Cao.
  • Chapter 82 — Sun Quan Submits To Wei, Receiving The Nine Dignities; The First Ruler Attacks Wu, Rewarding Six Armies.
    Zhang Zhao; on Sun Quan's council.
  • Chapter 83 — Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
    Zhang Zhao; on Sun Quan's council.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Zhang Zhao; on Sun Quan's council.
  • Chapter 98 — Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death; Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.
    Zhang Zhao; senior in the Wu court at the accession.