Pang De

Overview

庞德，字令明，早年追随西凉马腾、马超父子，据信是一位具有西域背景的猛将。马超兵败后，庞德归附曹操，以勇猛善战和刚烈忠贞著称。《三国演义》中，他最著名的篇章是襄樊之战，出征前抬棺而行，以示与关羽决一死战的决心。战场上，庞德曾一箭射中关羽，又与关羽大战不分胜负，最终因水淹七军兵败被俘。面对关羽劝降，他宁死不屈，最终被杀。其“抬棺决战”的悲壮形象深入人心，是《三国演义》后期涌现的一流猛将。

Pang De, courtesy name Lingming, began his career under the Xiliang warlords Ma Teng and Ma Chao and is believed to have been a formidable warrior with a background connected to the Western Regions. After Ma Chao’s defeat, Pang De entered the service of Cao Cao, becoming renowned for his martial prowess, fierce resolve, and unwavering loyalty. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, his most celebrated episode comes during the campaign at Xiangfan, when he sets out with his own coffin as a declaration that he intends either to defeat Guan Yu or die in battle. Pang De later wounds Guan Yu with an arrow and fights him to a standstill, but is ultimately captured after the flooding of the Seven Armies. Refusing Guan Yu’s offer to surrender, he chooses death instead. His dramatic image as the warrior who “carried his coffin into battle” made Pang De one of the outstanding fierce generals to emerge in the later chapters of the novel.