'Red Sleeves') is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from imperial China whose birth name was Zhang Chuchen (張出塵, alternatively 張初塵).

[2] Born Zhang Chuchen, her parents were from southern China who migrated north to Chang'an in the unification wars of the Sui dynasty.

[citation needed] Zhang became a courtesan in the family of Sui minister Yang Su,[3] where she specialized in song and dance.

[citation needed] The story of Hongfu first appears in the Tang dynasty book Biography of the Dragon-Beard Man by Du Guangting.

In 2006, Taiwanese actress Shu Qi portrayed Hongfu in the television series Romance of Red Dust (風塵三俠之紅拂女).