Zhao Yun

Zhao Yun
趙雲
A Qing dynasty illustration of Zhao Yun
General Who Guards the Army (中護軍)
In office 227 (227)–229 (229)
Monarch	Liu Shan
Chancellor	Zhuge Liang
General Who Guards the East (鎮東將軍)
In office c. early 220s (c. early 220s) – 227 (227)
Monarch	Liu Shan
Chancellor	Zhuge Liang
General Who Attacks the South (征南將軍)
In office 223 (223) – c. early 220s (c. early 220s)
Monarch	Liu Shan
Chancellor	Zhuge Liang
General of the Assisting Army (翊軍將軍) (under Liu Bei)
In office 214 (214) – c. early 220s (c. early 220s)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Administrator of Guiyang (桂陽太守) (under Liu Bei)
In office c. 209 (c. 209)–214 (214)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Preceded by	Zhao Fan
Lieutenant-General (偏將軍) (under Liu Bei)
In office c. 209 (c. 209)–214 (214)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
General of the Standard (牙門將軍) (under Liu Bei)
In office 208 (208)–? (?)
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Personal details
Born	(Unknown) Zhengding County, Hebei
Died	229[1]
Children	Zhao Tong Zhao Guang
Occupation	General
Courtesy name	Zilong (子龍)
Posthumous name	Marquis Shunping (順平侯)
Peerage	Marquis of Yongchang Village (永昌亭侯)

Zhao Yun (Chinese: 趙雲 pronunciation^ⓘ) (died 229),^[1] courtesy name Zilong (子龍), was a military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. Originally a subordinate of the northern warlord Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun later came to serve another warlord, Liu Bei, and had since accompanied him on most of his military exploits, from the Battle of Changban (208) to the Hanzhong Campaign (217–219). He continued serving in the state of Shu Han – founded by Liu Bei in 221 – in the Three Kingdoms period and participated in the first of the Northern Expeditions until his death in 229. While many facts about Zhao Yun's life remain unclear due to limited information in historical sources, some aspects and activities in his life have been dramatised or exaggerated in folklore and fiction. In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was lauded as a member of the Five Tiger Generals under Liu Bei.