魏书十八 · 庞德传

庞悳字令明，南安狟道人也。少为郡吏州从事。初平中，从马腾击反羌叛氐。数有功，稍迁至校尉。

Pang De, courtesy name Lingming, was from Huandao, Nan'an. In his youth, he served as a commandery clerk and provincial Aide. During the Chuping era, he followed Ma Teng in campaigns against the rebellious Qiang and Di tribes. He repeatedly earned merit and gradually rose to the rank of Colonel.

建安中，太祖讨袁谭、尚于黎阳，谭遣郭援、高干等略取河东，太祖使钟繇率关中诸将讨之。悳随腾子超拒援、干于平阳，悳为军锋，进攻援、干，大破之，亲斩援首。拜中郎将，封都亭侯。

During the Jian'an era, Cao Cao (posthumously honoured as Taizu, the Grand Progenitor) campaigned against Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang at Liyang. Yuan Tan sent Guo Yuan, Gao Gan, and others to seize Hedong, whereupon Cao Cao ordered Zhong Yao to lead the generals of Guanzhong against them. Pang De followed Ma Teng's son Ma Chao in opposing Guo Yuan and Gao Gan at Pingyang. Serving as the army's vanguard, Pang De advanced to attack Guo Yuan and Gao Gan, utterly routed their forces, and personally beheaded Guo Yuan. He was appointed Gentleman General and enfeoffed as Capital Neighbourhood Marquis.

后张白骑叛于弘农，悳复随腾征之，破白骑于两殽闲。每战，常陷阵却敌，勇冠腾军。后腾征为衞尉，悳留属超。太祖破超于渭南，悳随超亡入汉阳，保兾城。后复随超奔汉中，从张鲁。太祖定汉中，悳随众降。太祖素闻其骁勇，拜立义将军，封关门亭侯，邑三百户。

Later, when Zhang Baiqi rebelled in Hongnong, Pang De again accompanied Ma Teng on campaign and defeated Baiqi at Yao Mountain. In every battle, Pang De charged the enemy lines and drove them back, his valour unsurpassed in Ma Teng's army. When Ma Teng was later summoned to court as Commandant of the Palace Guards, Pang De remained under Ma Chao. After Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao south of the Wei River, Pang De fled with him into Hanyang and held Ji. Pang De then followed Ma Chao to Hanzhong and served under Zhang Lu. When Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong, Pang De surrendered with the others. Having long heard of his valour, Cao Cao appointed him General Who Champions Righteousness and enfeoffed him as Neighbourhood Marquis of Guanmen, with three hundred households.

侯音、衞开等以宛叛，悳将所领与曹仁共攻拔宛，斩音、开，遂南屯樊，讨关羽。樊下诸将以悳兄在汉中，颇疑之。悳常曰：「我受国恩，义在效死。我欲身自击羽。今年我不杀羽，羽当杀我。」后亲与羽交战，射羽中额。时悳常乘白马，羽军谓之白马将军，皆惮之。

When Hou Yin, Wei Kai, and others rebelled at Wan, Pang De led his troops and joined Cao Ren in storming and taking Wan, beheading Hou Yin and Wei Kai. He then marched south to garrison at Fancheng and campaign against Guan Yu. The generals at Fancheng were deeply suspicious of Pang De because his elder brother was in Hanzhong. Pang De often said, "I have received the state's favour, and ought to give my life in its service. I mean to attack Guan Yu myself. If I do not kill him this year, he will kill me." He later engaged Guan Yu in person and struck him in the forehead with an arrow. Pang De often rode a white horse, so Guan Yu's troops called him the White Horse General and all stood in awe of him.

仁使悳屯樊北十里，会天霖雨十余日，汉水暴溢，樊下平地五六丈，悳与诸将避水上隄。羽乘船攻之，以大船四面射隄上。悳被甲持弓，箭不虚发。将军董衡、部曲将董超等欲降，悳皆收斩之。

Cao Ren ordered Pang De to encamp ten Li north of Fancheng. Rain then fell incessantly for over ten days, and the Han River rose violently, flooding the ground at Fancheng to a depth of five or six zhang. Pang De and his officers took refuge atop an embankment. Guan Yu attacked by boat, his vessels firing arrows from all sides at those on the embankment. Clad in armour and bow in hand, De never missed his mark. When General Dong Heng, retainer commander Dong Chao, and others sought to surrender, Pang De had them all seized and beheaded.

自平旦力战至日过中，羽攻益急，矢尽，短兵接战。悳谓督将成何曰：「吾闻良将不怯死以苟免，烈士不毁节以求生，今日，我死日也。」战益怒，气愈壮，而水浸盛，吏士皆降。

Pang De fought with all his might from dawn until after midday, as Guan Yu pressed his attack ever harder. When their arrows were spent, Pang De fought on at close quarters. Pang De said to one of his commanders, Cheng He, "I have heard that a worthy general does not shrink from death merely to save himself, nor does a man of valour sacrifice his integrity to preserve his life. Today is my day to die." He fought with ever greater fury, his spirit rising ever higher. But the floodwaters continued to swell, and all his officers and men surrendered.

悳与麾下将一人，伍伯二人，弯弓傅矢，乘小船欲还仁营。水盛船覆，失弓矢，独抱船覆水中，为羽所得，立而不跪。羽谓曰：「卿兄在汉中，我欲以卿为将，不早降何为？」悳骂羽曰：「竖子，何谓降也！魏王带甲百万，威振天下。汝刘备庸才耳，岂能敌邪！我宁为国家鬼，不为贼将也。」遂为羽所杀。

Pang De, accompanied by one of his commanders and two squad leaders, bent their bows and nocked their arrows, then boarded a small boat wishing to return to Cao Ren's camp. The swollen waters overturned the boat, and they lost their bows and arrows. Pang De clung to the capsized vessel until Guan Yu's men captured him. He remained standing and refused to kneel. Guan Yu said, "Your elder brother is in Hanzhong, and I intend to make you a general. Why did you not surrender sooner?" Pang De reviled him: "Wretch! How dare you speak of surrender? The King of Wei has a million men under arms, and his might shakes the realm. Your Liu Bei is nothing but a mediocrity. How could he hope to rival the king? I would rather die as a ghost of the state than live as a general of rebels!" Guan Yu then had him killed.

太祖闻而悲之，为之流涕，封其二子为列侯。文帝即王位，乃遣使就悳墓赐谥，策曰：「昔先轸丧元，王蠋绝脰，陨身徇节，前代美之。惟侯戎昭果毅，蹈难成名，声溢当时，义高在昔，寡人愍焉，谥曰壮侯。」又赐子会等四人爵关内侯，邑各百户。会勇烈有父风，官至中尉将军，封列侯。

When Cao Cao heard this, he grieved and wept for Pang De, granting each of his two sons the rank of Marquis. When Cao Pi (posthumously honoured as Emperor Wen, the Civil Emperor) succeeded as King of Wei, he sent an envoy to Pang De's tomb to confer a posthumous title. The edict read: "In former times, Xian Zhen lost his head and Wang Zhu cut his own throat. They gave their lives to preserve their integrity, and were praised by earlier ages. The Marquis was illustrious in war and resolute in courage. In peril, he won renown, and his fame resounded through our times. His righteousness surpassed that of the ancients. I mourn him and confer upon him the posthumous title Marquis Zhuang, the Valiant Marquis." Emperor Wen also granted his son Pang Hui and three others the rank of Marquis Within the Pass, each with a fief of one hundred households. Pang Hui was bold and resolute, with his father's spirit. He rose to become Commandant of the Capital and General, and was granted the rank of Marquis.