RNo direct recordShu 3 §4
NCaught in the ruse to sow discord, could not even answer when Gao Ding confronted himCh. 87 §23Ch. 87 §25
Zhu Bao 朱褒
| Occupation | RNRuler · Administrator of Zangke | Faction | Shu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears | RN | Biography in | |
| Born | N? Unverified | Native place | |
| Died | N225 Unverified | Place of death | |
| Cause of death | NKilled Unverified | ||
| Existence | Historical | Mentions | R3 |
Profile
Zhu Bao rebelled with Zangke Commandery in the summer of the 1st year of Jianxing (223) in Shu Han. The Biography of the Later Sovereign records him as Administrator of Zangke, while the Biography of Ma Zhong records him as Assistant of Zangke Commandery. After the death of the First Sovereign, Liu Bei, he rose in the south together with Gao Ding of Yuexi and Yong Kai of Jianning, and in the 3rd year of Jianxing (225) the Chancellor Zhuge Liang campaigned against the four southern commanderies and pacified them all. Records, Shu 3 §4 · 6Records, Shu 13 §15 · 30
He has no biography of his own in the Records; his name appears in the Biography of the Later Sovereign and in the biographies of Li Hui and Ma Zhong. Chen Shou's main text does not record his courtesy name, origin or death. In the Romance he appears only in Chapter 87, as Administrator of Zangke Commandery, and his name does not appear in the chapter title. The Romance portrays him becoming a guide for Meng Huo together with Yong Kai and Gao Ding and then, caught in Zhuge Liang's stratagem of sowing discord, being stabbed to death by Gao Ding's subordinate general E Huan. Records, Shu 3 §4Records, Shu 13 §15 · 30Romance, Ch. 87 §2 · 23–26
In the Records
The Biography of the Later Sovereign records that in the summer of the 1st year of Jianxing (223), Zhu Bao, Administrator of Zangke, rebelled with his commandery. Before this, Yong Kai, a powerful clan leader of Yizhou Commandery, had rebelled, sent the Administrator Zhang Yi (張裔) away to Wu and held the commandery without submitting, and Gao Ding, king of the Yi of Yuexi, had also rebelled. In the same year Shu sent the Master of Writing Deng Zhi to strengthen friendly relations with Wu. Records, Shu 3 §4
The Biography of Zhuge Liang records that at this time the commanderies of Nanzhong all rebelled, but because Zhuge Liang had just suffered a great bereavement, he did not send troops at once and first sent an envoy to Wu to conclude peace and friendship. The Biography of the Later Sovereign records that in the spring of the 2nd year of Jianxing (224) Shu devoted itself to agriculture to increase its grain and closed its passes to let the people rest. Records, Shu 5 §23Records, Shu 3 §5
The Biography of Li Hui records that when the First Sovereign, Liu Bei, died, Gao Ding ran wild in Yuexi, Yong Kai ran rampant in Jianning, and Zhu Bao rebelled in Zangke. When the Chancellor Zhuge Liang campaigned in the south, he first advanced to Yuexi, while Li Hui headed along the road to Jianning; surrounded at Kunming, Li Hui deceived the southerners and, when the siege slackened, sallied out and routed them, pursuing the fleeing enemy as far as the Pan River to the south and Zangke to the east, so that his force and Zhuge Liang's were linked. Records, Shu 13 §15–16
In the 3rd month, in spring, of the 3rd year of Jianxing (225), the Chancellor Zhuge Liang campaigned against the four southern commanderies, and all four were pacified. Yizhou Commandery was renamed Jianning Commandery, Yunnan Commandery was created from parts of Jianning and Yongchang Commanderies, and Xinggu Commandery from parts of Jianning and Zangke Commanderies. The Biography of Zhuge Liang records that everything was pacified that autumn, and the Biography of the Later Sovereign records that Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu in the 12th month. Records, Shu 3 §6Records, Shu 5 §24
The Biography of Ma Zhong says that in the 3rd year of Jianxing, as Zhuge Liang went south, he appointed Ma Zhong Administrator of Zangke, and records that the Commandery Assistant Zhu Bao had rebelled and that after the rebellion Ma Zhong cared for and governed the people with great authority and kindness. Chen Shou's main text does not record what became of Zhu Bao after the rebellion. Records, Shu 13 §30
In the Romance
In Chapter 87 of the Romance, in the 3rd year of Jianxing, an urgent report arrives from Yizhou: Meng Huo, King of the Man, has raised one hundred thousand Man troops and is invading the border; Yong Kai, Administrator of Jianning, has rebelled in league with Meng Huo; and Zhu Bao, Administrator of Zangke Commandery, and Gao Ding, Administrator of Yuexi Commandery, have both surrendered their cities. The men under Yong Kai, Zhu Bao and Gao Ding all serve as guides for Meng Huo and attack Yongchang Commandery, where Wang Kang, Administrator of Yongchang, holds the city together with the Officer of Merit Lü Kai. Romance, Ch. 87 §2–3
Hearing that Zhuge Liang is coming in person at the head of a great army, Yong Kai consults Gao Ding and Zhu Bao and divides the troops into three routes, Gao Ding taking the central route, Yong Kai the left and Zhu Bao the right, each leading fifty or sixty thousand men to meet the enemy. Zhuge Liang makes a show of telling the captured soldiers of Gao Ding that Yong Kai has sent someone offering to present the heads of Gao Ding and Zhu Bao, and, deliberately treating the spy sent by Gao Ding as one of Yong Kai's men, rebukes him, asking why Yong Kai, having promised to present the heads of the two men Gao Ding and Zhu Bao, has missed the appointed date. Romance, Ch. 87 §10 · 16 · 18
When Gao Ding comes to surrender with Yong Kai's head, Zhuge Liang produces a letter in which, he says, Zhu Bao had already secretly sent someone with a letter of surrender saying that Gao Ding and Yong Kai were sworn to share life and death, and on this ground calls Gao Ding's surrender false. Gao Ding protests that this is Zhu Bao's stratagem to sow discord and says he will capture Zhu Bao and bring him in. Romance, Ch. 87 §22–24
Gao Ding leads his subordinate general E Huan and his own troops toward Zhu Bao's camp, and about ten li from the camp Zhu Bao appears with his troops from behind a hill. When Gao Ding rebukes him, asking why he wrote to Chancellor Zhuge to harm him with a stratagem of sowing discord, Zhu Bao stares wide-eyed and cannot answer, and E Huan, coming round from behind his horse, stabs him with a halberd and he falls from his horse. When Gao Ding presents Zhu Bao's head, Zhuge Liang says that he deliberately had Gao Ding kill the two rebels to show his loyalty, and makes Gao Ding Administrator of Yizhou in command of all three commanderies. Romance, Ch. 87 §25–26
Where the Romance differs
Office: In Chapter 87 of the Romance, Zhu Bao is Administrator of Zangke Commandery. The Biography of the Later Sovereign in the Records also records him as Administrator of Zangke, but the Biography of Ma Zhong records him as Assistant of Zangke Commandery. Romance, Ch. 87 §2Records, Shu 3 §4Records, Shu 13 §30
When and how he rebelled: In Chapter 87 of the Romance, Zhu Bao surrenders his city during Meng Huo's rebellion in the 3rd year of Jianxing and becomes a guide for Meng Huo. In the Biography of the Later Sovereign in the Records, he rebelled with his commandery in the summer of the 1st year of Jianxing (223). Meng Huo does not appear in Chen Shou's main text, and the Biography of Zhuge Liang says only that the southern campaign of the 3rd year of Jianxing set out in spring and pacified everything by autumn. Romance, Ch. 87 §2Records, Shu 3 §4Records, Shu 5 §24
The letter of surrender: In Chapter 87 of the Romance, Zhuge Liang shows Gao Ding the letter of surrender that Zhu Bao had supposedly sent in secret, and so makes Gao Ding attack Zhu Bao. In Chen Shou's main text, the Biography of the Later Sovereign and the biographies of Li Hui and Ma Zhong contain no record of Zhu Bao asking to surrender. Romance, Ch. 87 §23–24Records, Shu 3 §4Records, Shu 13 §15 · 30
His death: In Chapter 87 of the Romance, Gao Ding's subordinate general E Huan stabs Zhu Bao with a halberd and knocks him from his horse, and Gao Ding presents his head to Zhuge Liang. Chen Shou's main text in the Records says only that Zhu Bao rebelled in Zangke and does not record how he died. Romance, Ch. 87 §25–26Records, Shu 3 §4Records, Shu 13 §15 · 30
Zangke after the rebellion: In Chapter 87 of the Romance, after Zhu Bao's death Gao Ding becomes Administrator of Yizhou and commands all three commanderies. In the Records, the four southern commanderies were pacified in the 3rd year of Jianxing (225), Xinggu Commandery was created from parts of Jianning and Zangke Commanderies, and Zhuge Liang appointed Ma Zhong Administrator of Zangke. Romance, Ch. 87 §26Records, Shu 3 §6Records, Shu 13 §30
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Abilities
The Records score (Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms, main text) is the baseline. Each ability compares how the Romance redrew the same person, and the evidence from both sources explains the difference.
Records total324 / 1000Rank 961 of 996 · Top 97%Romance total282 / 1000Rank 1,093 of 1,113 · Top 99%
Romance adaptation index−42Romance total − Records total
- LEA4040±0
- STR3535±0
- INT3525−10
- POL3831−7
- CHA3530−5
- VIR1815−3
- ADP3020−10
- SCH3131±0
- DIP3125−6
- DIS3130−1
Abilities shaped by the Romance — where it differs from the Records Differences of 10 or more
RNo direct recordShu 13 §15
NFacing Gao Ding's army, could not even answer and was stabbed to deathCh. 87 §25Ch. 87 §26
8 similar abilities — show evidence
RNo direct record — rebelled with his commanderyShu 13 §15
NTook the right route at the head of fifty or sixty thousand menCh. 87 §10
RNo direct recordShu 3 §4
NNo direct recordCh. 87 §26
RNo direct record — estimated from his posts as Commandery Assistant and AdministratorShu 13 §30
NNo direct recordCh. 87 §2
RNo direct recordShu 3 §4
NWhen he died, his troops all surrendered to Gao Ding at onceCh. 87 §26
RRebelled with Zangke Commandery when the First Sovereign diedShu 3 §4Shu 13 §15
NSurrendered his city and rebelled as a guide for Meng HuoCh. 87 §2
RNo direct recordShu 3 §4
NCould not say a word when Gao Ding confronted himCh. 87 §25
Records Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
Romance chapters (1)
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Allegiance history
- Shu · Romance · Romance ch. 87 「”孔明于匣中取出一缄，与高定曰：“朱褒已使人密献降书，说你与雍杲嵘?乐?唬?窨弦坏┍闵贝巳耍课峁手?暾┮病」 · Q124424506
Related events (1)
- Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign 225 · Command
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