She was the wife of Sima Yi, a prominent military general and regent of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
She was posthumously honoured as Empress Xuanmu in 266 by her grandson Sima Yan, who ended the Cao Wei state and established the Jin dynasty that year.
Her father, Zhang Wang (張汪), served as the Prefect of Suyi County (粟邑縣) in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
She also bore him a daughter whose personal name was not recorded in history, but was historically known as Princess Nanyang (南陽公主) of the Jin dynasty.
The Wei emperor Cao Fang granted her the posthumous title "Lady of Guangping County" (廣平縣君).
[10] Zhang Chunhua is first introduced as a playable character in the eighth instalment of Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series.