Chen Shi was an officer of the Shu kingdom of the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was captured at the Battle of Mount Dingjun by Wei, but was exchanged for Shu's prisoner, Xiahou Shang. Much later, due to his defeat at the third Northern Campaign of Zhuge Liang, he was executed by Zhuge. Chen Shi was rumored to be the father of Chen Shou, the author of the Sanguo Zhi, or Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms. The Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shǔ) (221 – 263) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. ... The Three Kingdoms in 262, on the eve of the conquest of Shu. ... The Battle of Mount Dingjun took place in year 219, during the Three Kingdoms period of China. ... This article is about the Three Kingdoms state. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... An artists impression of Zhuge Liang holding his trademark feather fan. ... Chen Shou (陳壽) (233-297), courtesy name Chengzuo (承祚) was the author of the Sanguo Zhi, a historical account of the Three Kingdoms period of China. ... The Sānguó Zhì (Chinese 三国志, or 三國誌), variously translated as Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Records of the Three States and Records of the Three Kingdoms, was the official and authoritative historical text on the Three Kingdoms Period compiled by Chen Shou during the Jin Dynasty (265-420). ...