Song, Liao, and Jin · Military Officer

Fonu 佛奴

Fónú

Attested AD 983 - AD 1012

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Fonu was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 986 統和四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 11, passage 127
AD 983 to AD 1012 聖宗時
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 61, passage 110

Key source chapters

History of Liao, Chapter 11 Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 61 Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 1 passage

Career and standing

chief of Five Wards man 其長
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 61, passage 110
flogged fifty blows 笞五十
AD 986 統和四年 · Punished
Directly stated · History of Liao 11, passage 127
Stripped of office
Dismissal · Authority Emperor Shengzong of Liao (遼聖宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 61, passage 110

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 11, passage 127

Events and relationships

Beat subordinate to death
Legal · Perpetrator · With Man of the Five Wards who damaged his armor (五院部自壞鎧甲者)
Directly stated · History of Liao 61, passage 110

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 1 passage

諦居部節度使佛奴笞五十。 Diju division Military Commissioner Fonu was flogged fifty blows.

History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 1 passage

五院部民有自壞鎧甲者，其長佛奴杖殺之，上怒其用法太峻，詔奪官。 When a man of the Five Wards damaged his own armor, his chief Fonu beat him to death; the emperor, angered at such harsh application of the law, stripped Fonu of his post.