Official history
張郃字雋乂,河間鄚人也。漢末應募討黃巾,爲軍司馬,屬韓馥。馥敗,以兵歸袁紹。紹以郃爲校尉,使拒公孫瓚。瓚破,郃功多,遷寧國中郎將。太祖與袁紹相拒於官渡,紹遣將淳于瓊等督運屯烏巢,太祖自將急擊之。郃説紹曰:「曹公兵精,往必破瓊等;瓊等破,則將軍事去矣,宜急引兵救之。」郭圖曰:「郃計非也。
— 三国志/卷17[3]
Basic facts
Portrayals
- Zhang He (character in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms)