Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member and Administrator

Chen Fangtai 陳方泰

Attested AD 560 - AD 618

Passages: 14
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Fangtai was a Royal Family Member and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 574 六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 14, passage 93
AD 579 十一年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 14, passages 98, 100
AD 560 天嘉元年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 87
AD 572 太建四年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 90
AD 589 禎明三年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 119
AD 587 禎明初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 118

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AD 605 to AD 618 隋大業中
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 122
AD 569 to AD 582 高宗朝
Directly stated · Book of Chen 29, passage 26

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Fangtai
birth mother 所生母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 103
Child of Chen Tanlang (陳曇朗)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 83, 87
Sibling of Chen Fangqing (陳方慶)
sons 子 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 83

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Interior Magistrate of Yuzhang 豫章內史
AD 574 太建六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 93
Inspector of Guangzhou etc. 廣州刺史
AD 572 太建四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 90
General of Benevolent Might; Administrator of Danyang 仁威將軍、丹陽尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 89
Director of the Palace Ladies 掖令
AD 605 to AD 618 隋大業中 · Served
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 122
Heir of Nankang 南康世子
AD 560 天嘉元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 87
Prince of Nankang 南康嗣王
AD 561 後聞曇朗薨 · Succeeded
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 88

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Approved
Stripped of title · Authority Xiao Gang (蕭綱)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 114, 116
Dismissed
Impeached · Authority Zong Yuanrao (宗元饒)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 97
Jailed
Imprisoned · Authority Xiao Gang (蕭綱)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 105
Offices and title restored
Restored
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 117
Removed from office
Dismissed · Reason cruel government
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 91
Stripped and demoted
Demoted
Directly stated · Book of Chen 29, passage 26

Events and relationships

Fled after defeat
AD 589 禎明三年 · Military · Naval commander
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 119-120
Rape and resisting arrest
AD 579 太建十一年八月 · Crime · Perpetrator · With Yang Zhongqi (楊鍾期)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 103-104
Robbery arson extortion
Crime · Perpetrator
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 94
Captivity · Taken north · With Later Lord (後主)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 121

Assessments and attributes

Assessment coarse unruly and lawless · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 86, 94

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 14Volume 14: Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang · 13 passages

衡陽獻王昌南康愍王曇朗子方泰方慶 Prince Xian of Hengyang Chen Chang; Prince Min of Nankang Chen Tanlang; sons Fangtai and Fangqing

初，曇朗未質於齊，生子方泰、方慶。 Before Tanlang went to Qi as a hostage, he had sons Fangtai and Fangqing.

子方泰 His son Fangtai

方泰少麤獷，與諸惡少年群聚，遊逸無度，世祖以南康王故，特寬貰之。 Fangtai was coarse and unruly from youth, running with bad company and living without restraint; because of Prince Tanlang of Nankang, Emperor Wen especially spared him.

天嘉元年，詔曰：「南康王曇朗，出隔齊庭，反身莫測，國廟方修，奠饗須主，可以長男方泰為南康世子，嗣南康王。」 In Tianjia year one an edict said: "Prince of Nankang Chen Tanlang is held in Qi and cannot return; the ancestral temple is being restored and needs a master—let his eldest son Fangtai be heir of Nankang and succeed the title."

後聞曇朗薨，於是襲爵南康嗣王。 When word came that Tanlang had died, Fangtai succeeded as Prince of Nankang.

是時方泰當從，啟稱所生母疾，不行，因與亡命楊鍾期等二十人，微服往民閒，淫人妻，為州所錄。 Fangtai should have attended but pleaded his mother's illness; instead he went with twenty desperadoes including Yang Zhongqi in disguise among the people and raped women, and was seized by the provincial authorities.

上大怒，下方泰獄。 The emperor was furious and had Fangtai thrown into prison.

方泰初但承行淫，不承拒格禁司，上曰不承則上測，方泰乃投列承引。 At first Fangtai admitted only the sexual crimes, not resisting the guards; the emperor said refusal would bring torture, and Fangtai then confessed everything on the record.

謹案南康王陳方泰宗屬雖遠，幸託葭莩，刺舉莫成，共治罕績。 We report that Chen Fangtai, though a distant kinsman, enjoys the tie of marriage kin; as an inspector he has done nothing, and in office he has achieved little.

[7]臣等參議，請依見事，解方泰所居官，下宗正削爵土。 We jointly recommend that, on the facts before us, Fangtai be dismissed from office and the Director of the Imperial Clan be ordered to strip his title and fief.

三年，隋師濟江，方泰與忠武將軍南豫州刺史樊猛、左衛將軍蔣元遜領水軍於白下，往來斷遏江路。 In year three the Sui army crossed the Yangzi; Fangtai joined Fan Meng, loyal-martial general and inspector of South Yuzhou, and Jiang Yuansun of the Left Guard in leading a fleet at Baixia to block the river line.

隋遣行軍元帥、長史高熲領船艦泝流當之，猛及元遜並降，方泰所部將士離散，乃棄船走。 Sui sent Gao Jiong with a fleet upstream; Fan and Jiang surrendered, Fangtai's men scattered, and he abandoned his ships and fled.

Book of Chen, Chapter 29Volume 29: Zong Yuanrao; Sima Shen; Mao Xi; Cai Zheng · 1 passage

吳興太守武陵王伯禮，豫章內史南康嗣王方泰，並驕蹇放橫，元饒案奏之，皆見削黜。 Wuxing administrator Wang Bolü, Prince of Wuling, and Yuzhang interior administrator Fang Tai, Prince of Nankang, were both arrogant and overbearing; Yuanrao impeached them by memorial and both were stripped and demoted.