Official history 周泰字幼平,九江下蔡人也。與蔣欽隨孫策爲左右,服事恭敬,數戰有功。策入會稽,署別部司馬,授兵。權愛其爲人,請以自給。策討六縣山賊,權住宣城,使士自衞,不能千人,意尚忽略,不治圍落,而山賊數千人卒至。權始得上馬,而賊鋒刃已交於左右,或斫中馬鞌,衆莫能自定。惟泰奮激,投身衞權,膽氣倍人,左右由泰並能就戰。 — 三国志·卷55[3] Basic facts Died: 228[1] Birthplace: Fengtai County[1] Portrayals Zhou Tai (character in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms)