Wang Fu (Three Kingdoms)

Wang Fu
Official of Shu Han
Born	Unknown
Died	222
Names
Traditional Chinese	王甫
Simplified Chinese	王甫
Pinyin	Wáng Fǔ
Wade–Giles	Wang Fu
Courtesy name	Guoshan (國山)

Wang Fu (died 222), courtesy name Guoshan, was an official of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.

Wang Fu was said to have a dignified appearance, and was excellent in evaluating people and in the political scene. He first served Liu Zhang, but when Liu Bei took over the lands of Shu, he became the guard of Mianzhu Pass (綿竹關) under Liu Bei's command. Later, he followed Liu Bei in his campaign against Eastern Wu, after Liu Bei's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Xiaoting, he was killed in Zigui, attempting to protect Liu Bei as the latter fled from the city when Eastern Wu troops took the city.

Wang's fate in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms is different from his one in actual history.

During the time when Guan Yu was placed in charge of Jing Province (present day Hubei and Hunan), Wang served under the renowned general as an army commandant. In 219, after Guan Yu defeated Cao Ren and conquered the city of Fancheng, Wang warned his superior about a possible backdoor attack from Lü Meng. However, Guan Yu believed the defense preparations were apt and did not heed Wang's advice.

True to Wang's warning, Lü Meng's troops crossed the Xunyang River into Jing Province disguised as merchants. Shi Ren and Mi Fang, two of Guan Yu's subjects, promptly surrendered two key positions, Gong'an and Nan Commandery (present day Jiangling, Hubei), to the enemy. Guan, sandwiched on both sides by two enemies, had to seek temporary refuge in Maicheng (southeast of present-day Dangyang, Hubei).

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