Qin and Han · Family Member

Eldest son of Feng Yan 馮衍元子

Attested AD 25 - AD 56

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Eldest son of Feng Yan was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Early death
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 32, passages 29, 63

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 56 建武
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 32, passages 1, 29

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Feng Yan (馮衍)
eldest son 元子
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 32, passage 29

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 32Volume 28b: Biography of Feng Yan · 2 passages

慮時務者不能興其德，為身求者不能成其功，去而歸家，復羈旅於州郡，身愈據職，家彌窮困，卒離饑寒之災，有喪元子之禍。 Obsessed with current politics, I could not lift my character; scheming for myself, I never finished what I began. I quit and went home, then drifted again from province to province; the higher I climbed in rank, the deeper my family sank—until we faced cold and hunger and the bitter loss of my firstborn.

顧鴻門而歔欷兮，哀吾孤之早零，何天命之不純兮，信吾罪之所生； I turn toward Hongmen and weep for my child taken young; Heaven's will seems cruel—yet I know my own faults brought this;