Li Fu

Li Fu ( 210s–230s), courtesy name Sunde, was an official of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Early life Li Fu was born in the late Eastern Han dynasty in Fu County (涪縣), Zitong Commandery (梓潼郡), which is present-day Mianyang, Sichuan. In 214, after the warlord Liu Bei seized control of Yi Province from Liu Yan's successor Liu Zhang, he recruited Li Fu to serve under him as a scribe (書佐). Li Fu later rose through the ranks to serve as the Chief of Xichongguo County (西充國縣; south of present-day Langzhong, Sichuan) and then as the Prefect of Chengdu (成都令). Career under Liu Bei Following the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and the start of the Three Kingdoms period in 220, Li Fu came to serve in the state of Shu Han (or Shu), which Liu Bei established in 221 and became its founding emperor.