In Fiction
Pan Zhang appeared as a character in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, which romanticises the historical events before and during the Three Kingdoms period. In the novel, Pan Zhang was credited as the person responsible for capturing Guan Yu and Guan Ping an ambush during the Wu invasion of Jing Province in 219. He obtained Guan Yu's weapon, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, as a spoils of war. He was killed by Guan Xing in around 221 during one of the early engagements in the Battle of Xiaoting. (See Battle of Xiaoting#Guan Xing killing Pan Zhang for details.)
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