Fa Zhen

Fa Zhen
Chinese法真
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFǎ Zhēn
Wade–GilesFa Chen
Gaoqing
(courtesy name)
Chinese高卿
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāoqīng
Wade–GilesKao-ching
Xuande Xiansheng
(art name / pseudonym)
Chinese玄德先生
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXuándé Xiānshēng

Fa Zhen (100–188), courtesy nameGaoqing, art nameXuande Xiansheng, was a reclusive scholar who lived in the Eastern Han dynasty. He was the grandfather of Fa Zheng – a chief adviser to the warlord Liu Bei, who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms era.