Hongfu
Hongfu () 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 family 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,"
Qiu Ranke, 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.
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