Fang Tianding

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Fang Tianding (方天定) is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin.

Fang is best known as one of the southern rebel Fang La's officers, and he was the one who killed Liangshan's Hao Si-wen in battle. Fang decapitated Hao and dismembered Hao's body, and displayed his head to the heroes. Also, Fang was responsible for the death of Zhang Shun as he had ordered his archers to shoot Zhang to his death while Zhang tried to climb over the Yongjin gate of Hangzhou.

Eventually, Fang was killed by Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun's brother. It was said that Zhang Shun's spirit had possessed his brother's body and killed Fang for revenge at Wuyun Mountain.