Zang Ba

Zang Ba
臧霸
Bearer of the Golden Mace (執金吾)
In office
222 (222)–? (?)
MonarchCao Pi
General Who Guards the East (鎮東將軍)[1]
In office
220 (220)–222 (222)
MonarchCao Pi
General Who Spreads Might (揚威將軍)
In office
? (?)–220 (220)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Inspector of Xu Province (徐州刺史)
In office
? (?)–220 (220)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Personal details
Bornc. 162[2]
Fei County, Shandong
Diedc. 230s[2]
Children
  • Zang Ai
  • Zang Shun
Parent
  • Zang Jie (father)
OccupationGeneral
Courtesy nameXuangao (宣高)
Posthumous nameMarquis Wei (威侯)
PeerageMarquis of Liangcheng
(良成侯)

Zang Ba (c. 162–230s), courtesy name Xuangao, was a military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China.[2] He served the warlord Tao Qian initially, followed by Lü Bu and finally Cao Cao and his successors, but for the most part of his career, he remained semi-autonomous over his troops and eastern China. The years of his birth and death are not recorded, but he served the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period until the reign of the second Wei emperor, Cao Rui.

During his life he was granted autonomous power over Qing and Xu provinces.[3] He eventually held the title of marquis of various counties within, but by the time of his death held the appointment Bearer of the Golden Mace (執金吾; i.e., police chief of the imperial capital).

  1. ^ Lu Yimin (2019). Talons and Fangs of the Eastern Han Warlords: A study of warriors and warlords during the Three Kingdoms era. Independently published. p. 247. ISBN 978-1797931586.
  2. ^ a b c de Crespigny (2007), pp. 1021–3.
  3. ^ (割青、徐二州,委之於霸。) Sanguozhi vol. 18.