Deng Zhi

Deng Zhi
Deng Zhi
鄧芝
	Statue of Deng Zhi in a temple in Chengdu, Sichuan
General of Chariots and Cavalry (車騎將軍)
	In office; 243–251
Monarch	Liu Shan
Inspector of Yan Province (兗州刺史); (nominal)
	In office; 234–243
Monarch	Liu Shan
General of the Vanguard (前將軍)
	In office; 234–243
Monarch	Liu Shan
Vanguard Military Adviser (前軍師)
	In office; 234–243
Monarch	Liu Shan
General Who Spreads Martial Might; (揚武將軍)
	In office; 227–234
Monarch	Liu Shan
Chancellor	Zhuge Liang
Central Supervisor of the Army (中監軍)
	In office; 227–234
Monarch	Liu Shan
Chancellor	Zhuge Liang
Master of Writing (尚書)
	In office; c. 221–227
Monarch	Liu Bei / Liu Shan
Chancellor	Zhuge Liang
Administrator of Guanghan (廣漢太守)
	In office; ? – c. 221
Prefect of Pi (County) (郫令)
	In office; c. 214–?
Personal details
Born	178; Xinye County, Henan
Died	251 (aged 73)
Resting place	Zitong County, Sichuan
Relations	Deng Yu (ancestor)
Children	Deng Liang
Parent	Zheng Tiansheng (mother);
Occupation	Official, diplomat, general
Courtesy name	Bomiao (伯苗)
Peerage	Marquis of Yangwu Village; (陽武亭侯)

Deng Zhi (178 - 251),^[a]^[2]^[1] courtesy name Bomiao, was a government official, diplomat and military general of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. A descendant of Deng Yu, Deng Zhi started his career in the late Eastern Han dynasty under the warlord Liu Bei as a low-level officer in Pi County. After Liu Bei discovered his talent, Deng Zhi steadily rose through the ranks to become a county prefect and later a commandery administrator and imperial secretary. In 223, the Shu regent Zhuge Liang sent him as Shu's envoy to meet Sun Quan, the ruler of Shu's ally state Wu, and reestablish the Wu–Shu alliance against their common rival state Wei. Deng Zhi succeeded in his mission and earned praise from Sun Quan for strengthening Wu–Shu ties. In 227, Deng Zhi became a military general and he participated in the first Shu invasion of Wei by leading a decoy force with Zhao Yun to distract the Wei general Cao Zhen. Although they lost the battle, Deng Zhi and Zhao Yun managed to rally their troops to put up a firm defence during their retreat and minimise their losses. Following Zhuge Liang's death in 234, Deng Zhi rose to higher general ranks and was stationed in present-day Chongqing for about 10 years before he was recalled back to the Shu capital Chengdu in his 70s to serve as General of Chariots and Cavalry. In 248, he suppressed a rebellion in Fuling (around present-day Pengshui County, Chongqing).^[4] He died in 251.

^ ^a ^b Cihai, 6th edition (2009–10) Collectors' edition (辞海第六版典藏本) (ISBN 978-7-5326-3353-1/N.68)
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference death year was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 137.
^ De Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23–220 AD. Boston: Brill. p. 137. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.

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[birth_year-1] Cihai, 6th edition (2009–10) Collectors' edition (辞海第六版典藏本) (ISBN 978-7-5326-3353-1/N.68)

[death_year-2] Cite error: The named reference death year was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[FOOTNOTEde_Crespigny2007137-3] Crespigny (2007), p. 137.

[5] De Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23–220 AD. Boston: Brill. p. 137. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.

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