Chen Biao (c.204 - c.237[a]), courtesy name Wen'ao, was an official and military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
Chen Biao was later appointed as a zhongshuzi to the Crown Prince (太子中庶子) and a Commandant of the Central Flank (翼正都尉).
Once, there was an incident of grand theft and the suspect was Shi Ming (施明), a soldier from the Wunan (無難) camp.
Shi Ming had been arrested and interrogated, but he remained fierce, refused to reveal the truth, and even expressed his willingness to die.
Chen Biao had Shi Ming released from his shackles and allowed him to take a bath and have a change of clothes, and treated him to a feast.
Shi Ming was so touched by Chen Biao's generous treatment that he confessed to the crime and named his accomplices.
[9] Chen Biao was later promoted to be the Right Commander (右部督) of the Wunan camp and he received the title of a Marquis of a Chief Village (都亭侯).
[10] In 234, Zhuge Ke was appointed as the Administrator (太守) of Danyang (丹楊) and was sent to suppress a revolt by the Shanyue tribes.
Sun Quan appointed Chen Biao as the Commandant (都尉) of Xin'an County (新安縣; present-day Quzhou, Zhejiang) and ordered him to be Zhuge Ke's advisor.
At the time, Wu Ju (吳遽) had started a rebellion in Poyang[12] (鄱陽) and had conquered cities, causing much fear and panic in the surrounding counties.