Fang Beichen

Fang Beichen (1942–2026) was a professor at the School of History and Culture, Sichuan University, and a longtime researcher of the history of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties. He served as director of Sichuan University's Research Center for Three Kingdoms Culture. His work centers on Three Kingdoms history, combining scholarly editing such as Annotated Translation of the Records of the Three Kingdoms with popular biographies of figures including Lü Bu, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, Lu Xun, Cao Pi, and Sun Quan, as well as a six-volume collection of Three Kingdoms biographies. His writing balances historical sources with readable narrative, setting individual fates within the broader tensions of their era. From 2013 he presented the "Famous Generals of the Three Kingdoms" series on CCTV's Lecture Room, further extending the reach of his work.