Fu Chengzu (苻承祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

Fu Chengzu was an eunuch and Courtier.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 386 to AD 534 魏世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 137

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Other aunt of Fu Chengzu (苻承祖另一姨)
aunt 姨
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 151-152
Child of Mother of Fu Chengzu (苻承祖母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 146-148

Career and standing

Favored and ennobled · Authority Empress Dowager Wenming (文明太后)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 139

Works and attributed material

Complaint to mother · Speaker · With Mother of Fu Chengzu (苻承祖母) · Direct quotation · Mode direct-quotation Source Person Id Fu Chengzu (苻承祖)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 147

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 6 passages

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姚氏婦楊氏者，閹人苻承祖姨也。 Lady Yang of the Yao household was the aunt of the eunuch Fu Chengzu.

及承祖為文明太后所寵貴，親姻皆求利潤，唯楊獨不欲。 When Chengzu won favor and rank from Empress Dowager Wenming, all his kin by marriage sought profit—only Yang refused.

承祖每見其寒悴，深恨其母，謂不供給之。 Whenever Chengzu saw her thin and shivering with cold, he blamed his mother for not providing for her.

乃啟其母曰：「今承祖一身何所乏少，而使姨如是？」 He told his mother, "I myself lack for nothing now—why should my aunt live like this?"

承祖乃遣人乘車往迎之，則厲志不起，遣人強舁於車上，則大哭，言：「爾欲殺我也！」 Chengzu sent men in a carriage to fetch her, but her resolve was firm and she would not go; when they forced her into the carriage, she wept and cried, "You mean to kill me!"

及承祖敗，有司執其二姨至殿庭。 When Chengzu fell from power, the authorities seized both his aunts and brought them before the throne.