Fa Zheng

法正
Courtesy name: Xiaozhi (孝直)
Born
176
Died
220
Ancestral home
Mei County, Fufeng (Mei County, Shaanxi)
Book mentions
53
Roles:
advisor general politician
Factions:
Liu Bei Liu Zhang (primary)
Appears in 11 chapters:
  • Chapter 60 — Zhang Song Turns The Table On Yang Xiu; Pang Tong Proposes The Occupation Of Shu.
    Fa Zheng's debut - Liu Zhang's officer; secretly aligned with Zhang Song's plan to bring in Liu Bei. Will become one of Liu Bei's two senior advisers.
  • Chapter 61 — In The River, Zhao Zilong Recovers Liu Shan; With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao.
    Fa Zheng; backs Pang Tong's assassination plan; sets up the banquet.
  • Chapter 62 — The Taking Of River Fu Pass, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Perish; The Siege Of Luocheng, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan Rival.
    Fa Zheng; with Liu Bei in the western campaign.
  • Chapter 63 — Zhuge Liang Mourns For Pang Tong; Zhang Fei Releases Yan Yan.
    Fa Zheng; with Liu Bei in the western campaign.
  • Chapter 64 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Capture Of Zhang Ren; Yang Fu Borrows Soldiers To Destroy Ma Chao.
    Fa Zheng; with Liu Bei.
  • Chapter 65 — Ma Chao Battles At Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei Takes Over Yizhou.
    Fa Zheng; senior adviser at the Chengdu settlement; pushes Liu Bei to take the lordship of Yi Province formally.
  • Chapter 70 — Zhang Fei Takes Wakou Pass With Tactics; Huang Zhong Captures Tiandang Mountain By Stratagem.
    Fa Zheng; appointed Huang Zhong's strategist in this chapter - will be the architect of the Dingjun ambush in chapter 71.
  • Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
    Fa Zheng; on Mount Dingjun's heights signalling Huang Zhong with white and red flags - white to wait, red to charge. Times the strike for when Xiahou Yuan's men have collapsed exhausted in the noon heat.
  • Chapter 73 — Liu Bei Becomes The Prince Of Hanzhong; Guan Yu Marches To Attack Xiangyang.
    Fa Zheng; on Liu Bei's council in Chengdu - endorses the kingship.
  • Chapter 77 — Cao Cao Is Possessed At Luoyang; Guan Yu Manifests At The Jade Spring Mount.
    Fa Zheng; in Liu Bei's court.
  • Chapter 81 — Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated; Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War.
    Fa Zheng; named in passing - Zhuge Liang laments that Fa Zheng's death (off-stage between chapters) means there is no one left whose counsel Liu Bei would heed.