Fu Xun
Fu Xun | |
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Master of Writing ( | |
In office 220 –? | |
Monarch | Cao Pi |
Palace Attendant ( | |
In office 220 –? | |
Monarch | Cao Pi |
Assistant Officer in the East Bureau ( | |
In office ? –? | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Gentleman of Writing ( | |
In office ? –? | |
Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
Personal details | |
Born | Unknown Yaozhou District, Tongchuan, Shaanxi |
Died | between 227 and 233 |
Relations |
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Parent |
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Occupation | General |
Courtesy name | Gongti ( |
Peerage | Secondary Marquis ( |
Fu Xun[a] (fl.200 – 227) was a politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under the warlord Liu Biao in the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Life
[edit]Fu Xun was from Niyang County (
In 208, shortly after Liu Biao's death, the warlord Cao Cao invaded Jing Province and his army arrived outside the provincial capital, Xiangyang. Fu Xun, who was then an Assistant Officer in the East Bureau (
In 220, Cao Cao's son and heir Cao Pi forced the Han dynasty's last ruler Emperor Xian to abdicate the throne to him, and subsequently established the state of Wei, marking the start of the Three Kingdoms period. Fu Xun served as a Palace Attendant (
When Fu Xun was in Jing Province, he once commented that Pang Tong was a "half-hero", and foresaw that Pei Qian (裴潛) would become famous for his good moral conduct. Fu Xun's comment on Pang Tong proved accurate as the latter received lesser treatment as compared to Zhuge Liang when he came to serve Liu Bei. As for Pei Qian, he eventually became Prefect of the Masters of Writing (
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ His name is incorrectly romanised as "Fu Xuan" in the online Brewitt-Taylor translation of the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
References
[edit]- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).