Ge Ding
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Ge Ding is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, from Donglai commandery in Qing province, a fellow townsman and subordinate officer of Taishi Ci. Sent by Taishi Ci into Hefei to set a fire, he was found out by Zhang Liao, captured by Li Dian, and beheaded in front of Zhang Liao's horse.

Ge Ding is a fictional character in the chapter-novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Wikidata's Chinese label and the Chinese Wikipedia article title are both Ge Ding, and Wikidata records him as a fictional character, a soldier, set in Han, so the heading stays the same.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]

## In the novel

According to the Chinese Wikipedia article, Ge Ding comes from Donglai commandery in Qing province, and is a fellow townsman and subordinate officer of Taishi Ci under Sun Quan. His brother is the stable hand who feeds the horses under Zhang Liao, who is guarding Hefei for Cao Cao. On Taishi Ci's orders Ge Ding slips into Hefei, where Taishi Ci has him set fire to the stables so that an attack from inside and outside can take the city and kill Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao keeps calm, sees through the plan, and Li Dian captures Ge Ding and his brother. After learning the facts Zhang Liao has Ge Ding beheaded in front of his horse. Zhang Liao then sets a trap for Taishi Ci, who is badly wounded and dies after returning to camp. The article records nothing more about him.[^zhwiki]

## Basic facts

- Name: Ge Ding[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
- Category: fictional character, soldier[^wikidata]
- Home: Donglai commandery, Qing province[^zhwiki]
- Allegiance: under Taishi Ci[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
- Setting recorded on this entry: Han[^wikidata]
- Appears in: [Romance of the Three Kingdoms](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/romance-three-kingdoms.html)[^zhwiki]

Updated: 2026-10-29

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- Classics https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/classics.html
- Four Great Classical Novels https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/four-great-classics.html

Relations:
- Related works: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/romance-three-kingdoms.html

Sources:
- Wikidata Q10855421 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855421
- 戈定（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%88%E5%AE%9A