Yushan 羽扇

The feather fan first appears in the Romance in Chapter 52. Zhuge Liang, who has gone to attack Lingling, rides out in a four-wheeled carriage (Silunche) from among yellow banners, wearing a silk kerchief and a crane-feather cloak and holding a feather fan, and with that fan he beckons Xing Daorong to surrender. When facing Zhang Ren at Jinyan Bridge in Chapter 64 and when facing Meng Huo in Chapter 89, Zhuge Liang likewise comes out seated in a carriage, in silk kerchief and with feather fan. Romance, Ch. 52 §16Romance, Ch. 64 §19Romance, Ch. 89 §3

The Romance also uses the feather fan as a signal for stratagems. In Chapter 90, when King Mulu raises a wind and lets loose wild beasts, Zhuge Liang waves the feather fan once; the wind blows back against the enemy lines, and fire-breathing wooden beasts drive the wild animals off. In Chapter 97, when Fei Yao of Wei curses at the demand that Cao Zhen be called out to talk, Zhuge Liang, in a great rage, sweeps the feather fan once, and two columns of troops burst out from left and right. Romance, Ch. 90 §23–25Romance, Ch. 97 §41–42

In Chapter 100, when he matches battle formations with Sima Yi on the bank of the Wei River, Zhuge Liang waves the feather fan in his four-wheeled carriage, then goes into his formation, waves the fan once, comes out and asks whether Sima Yi recognizes this formation. Sima Yi answers that it is the Eight Trigrams formation and sends three men, Dai Ling and others, to attack it, but the three lose their way inside the formation and are all captured. In Chapter 101, too, the Zhuge Liang whom Sima Yi sees on coming out of his camp sits in a four-wheeled carriage, wearing a cap and a crane-feather cloak and waving a feather fan. Romance, Ch. 100 §33 · 36–40Romance, Ch. 101 §16

In Chapter 104, before his death, Zhuge Liang gives orders that the wooden figure carved in advance be seated in the carriage and sent out. Sima Yi, pursuing the Shu army, sees Zhuge Liang sitting on the carriage in silk kerchief and with feather fan, flees in terror, and only two days later hears that it was a wooden figure. In Chapter 116, the man who appears in Zhong Hui's dream is also dressed in silk kerchief, feather fan and crane-feather cloak, and Zhong Hui realizes he is the spirit of Marquis Wu. At Mianzhu in Chapter 117, the figure on the four-wheeled carriage that comes out from Zhuge Zhan's army is also in silk kerchief and with feather fan, but this was a wooden statue of Zhuge Liang. Romance, Ch. 104 §12 · 32–34Romance, Ch. 116 §30–31Romance, Ch. 117 §33–35