Qin and Han · Commandant of Qinghe and river-policy memorialist

Feng Jun 馮逡

Attested BC 48 - c. BC 29

Passages: 7
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Feng Jun was a Commandant of Qinghe and river-policy memorialist.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Qun	逡	Qun
Courtesy name	Zichan	子產	Zichan

Life and dates

Death

Age Text: 年四十餘 · Approx: 40 · Died
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 177

Attested activity

BC 48 to BC 33 元帝即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 105, passage 95
BC 38 to BC 34 建昭中
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 174
c. BC 32 to c. BC 29 成帝初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 38, passage 128

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Feng Fengshi (馮奉世)
brother of his daughter 兄
son 子
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Han 105, passage 95; Book of Han 90, passage 125
Sibling of Feng Yewang (馮野王)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 125; Book of Han 105, passage 98
Sibling of Feng Zhaoyi (馮昭儀)
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 95

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 90 Volume 79: Feng Fengshi 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 105 Volume 93: Flatterers 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 38 Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals 1 passage

Career and standing

palace attendant 侍中
Considered
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 96
Commandant of Qinghe 清河都尉
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 128
usher 謁者
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 95
gentleman 郎官
Reverted
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 97
Entered
Dismissed from proposed inner post
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 97

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 128
Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 95

Learning and skills

Subject Changes 易 · Relation Studied
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 173

Works and attributed material

Treatise on Ditches and Channels 溝洫志
Relation Discussed in
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 178
Hydraulic memorial · Author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Feng Jun (馮逡)
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 128-137
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Yuan (元帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 97

Events and relationships

Denounced monopoly
Audience · Speaker · With Shi Xian (石顯)
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 96-97

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 38Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage

成帝初，清河都尉馮逡奏言：「郡承河下流，與兗州東郡分水為界，城郭所居尤卑下，土壤輕脆易傷。 Early in Emperor Cheng's reign, Qinghe commandant Feng Jun reported: "Our commandery lies in the downstream path and shares watershed boundaries with Yan and Dong. Our settlements are particularly low, with friable soils that are easily damaged.

Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 2 passages

譚弟野王、逡、立、參至大官。 Younger brothers Yewang, Qun, Li, and Shen all rose high.

逡字子產，通《易》，太常察孝廉為郎，補謁者。 Qun, style Zichan, knew the Changes, entered as filial and incorrupt, and became a yeoman.

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 4 passages

顯見左將軍馮奉世父子為公卿著名，女又為昭儀在內，顯心欲附之，薦言昭儀兄謁者逡修敕宜侍帷幄。 Seeing General of the Left Feng Fengshi and his sons prominent at court—and a daughter already a Zhaoyi in the inner palace—Shi Xian tried to curry favor by recommending her brother, Usher Jun, as fit for inner service.

天子召見，欲以為侍中，逡請間言事。 The emperor summoned Jun for palace attendant; Jun asked for a private audience.

上聞逡言顯顓權，天子大怒，罷逡歸郎官。 Jun denounced Shi Xian's monopoly; the emperor, furious, demoted him back to ordinary gentleman.

其後御史大夫缺，群臣皆舉逡兄大鴻臚野王行能第一，天子以問顯，顯曰：「九卿無出野王者。 When the imperial counsellor's post fell open, the court ranked Ye Wang, Jun's brother and grand herald, first in talent; the emperor consulted Shi Xian, who said, "No nine minister outranks Ye Wang.