Fa Zhen (100–188), courtesy name – Gaoqing, art name – Xuande Xiansheng, was a reclusive scholar who lived in the Eastern Han dynasty.
He was the grandfather of Fa Zheng – a chief adviser to the warlord Liu Bei, who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms era.
During the reign of Emperor Xuan in the Western Han dynasty, Tian Fazhang's descendants were relocated to the capital province and granted a hereditary official position with an income of 2,000 dan (石) of grain.
To this, Fa Zhen replied, "Hu Guang (胡廣) possesses the calibre of a high minister."
Fa Zhen wore a fujin (幅巾; a type of headgear similar to bokgeon) to the meeting.
[5] Fa Zhen continued receiving offers to serve in the Han government, but he declined all of them.