Hongfu

Hongfu (simplified Chinese: 红拂; traditional Chinese: 紅拂; pinyin: Hóngfú; lit. 'Red Sleeves'), is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from imperial China whose birth name was Zhang Chuchen (張出塵, alternatively 張初塵). She was purported to have lived during the Transition from Sui to Tang and was originally described in Biography of the Dragon-Beard Man from the Tang Dynasty. She was a courtesan in the court of Sui Dynasty minister Yang Su and eloped with Li Jing, an ally and future general of future Tang emperor Li Shimin. Hongfu, along with Li Jing and the "Dragon Beard Man," , are known as the "Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust" (風塵三俠). She was one of the few female martial arts masters.

Hongfu

Hongfu (simplified Chinese: 红拂; traditional Chinese: 紅拂; pinyin: Hóngfú; lit. 'Red Sleeves'), is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from imperial China whose birth name was Zhang Chuchen (張出塵, alternatively 張初塵). She was purported to have lived during the Transition from Sui to Tang and was originally described in Biography of the Dragon-Beard Man from the Tang Dynasty. She was a courtesan in the court of Sui Dynasty minister Yang Su and eloped with Li Jing, an ally and future general of future Tang emperor Li Shimin. Hongfu, along with Li Jing and the "Dragon Beard Man," , are known as the "Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust" (風塵三俠). She was one of the few female martial arts masters.