Fu Cunshen (符存審) | 24 Histories

Overview

Fu Cunshen was a prince of Qin.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 880 to AD 926 事後唐武皇、莊宗
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 95
AD 900 to AD 926 其祖秦王存審
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 24
AD 922 十九年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 97
AD 921 天祐末
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 57
AD 923 天贊二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 2, passage 69
AD 923 莊宗時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 32, passage 75

Show 2 more source-backed claims

AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗遣幽州符存審
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 25
AD 931 長興二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 41

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Fu Yanqing (符彥卿)
grandfather 祖
father of Yanqing 祖/父
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 24; Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passages 95-96
Ancestor of Empress Xuanyi Fu (宣懿皇后符氏)
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 95; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 24

Key source chapters

Career and standing

northern campaign commissioner 北面招討使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 97
Bianzhou military commissioner 汴州節度使
AD 931 長興二年 · Formerly held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 41
Prince of Qin 秦王
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 24
Prince of Qin 秦王
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 95
AD 931 長興二年
Deceased
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 41

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 95
At Youzhou 幽州 · Relation Posted from
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 25

Events and relationships

Attacked Zhenzhou
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passages 97, 100
Collaterally offered in Zhuangzong's temple
AD 931 長興二年 · Ritual · Honored deceased · With Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 41
Punitive campaign
Military · Commander · With Zhang Wenli (張文禮)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 25
Sent to rescue Pei Yue
Military · Commander · With Pei Yue (裴約)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 32, passages 75-77
Suppressed Zhang Wenli
AD 921 天祐末 · Military · Commander · With Zhang Wenli (張文禮)
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 57

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 32, passage 75

References in the histories

Search passages

History

11 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

Open chapter

故昭義節度使李嗣昭、故幽州節度使周德威、故汴州節度使符存審，並配饗莊宗廟廷。 Li Sizhao, Zhou Dewei, and Fu Cunshen were given collateral offerings in Zhuangzong's temple.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 2 passages

Open chapter

存進亦以戰歿，乃以符存審為北面招討使，攻鎮州。 Cunjin too fell in battle, and Fu Cunshen was appointed northern campaign commissioner to besiege Zhenzhou.

俄而符存審師至城下。 Soon afterward Fu Cunshen's army reached the walls.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 121Volume 121 Book of Later Zhou 23: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages

Open chapter

天祐末，趙將張文禮殺王镕，以鎮州歸梁，莊宗命將符存審討平之。 At the end of Tianyou the Zhao general Zhang Wenli killed Wang Rong and surrendered Zhenzhou to Liang; Zhuangzong sent Fu Cunshen to suppress him.

宣懿皇后符氏，祖存審，事後唐武皇、莊宗，位極將相，追封秦王。 Empress Xuanyi, née Fu, was granddaughter of Cunshen, who served Later Tang's Martial Emperor and Zhuangzong, rose to the highest ranks of general and minister, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Qin.

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

Open chapter

庚申，堯骨軍幽州東，節度使符存審遣人出戰，敗之，擒其將裴信父子。 On gengshen day Yaogu's army reached east of Youzhou; Military Governor Fu Cunshen sent troops out to give battle; they were beaten, and General Pei Xin and his son were taken prisoner.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 1 passage

Open chapter

熔死，鎮州亂，莊宗遣幽州符存審以兵討張文禮，裨將武從諫館於妃家，見妃尚幼，憐之，而從諫家在太原，遂以妃歸，為其子婦。 After Rong's death threw Zhen Prefecture into chaos, Zhuangzong sent Fu Cunjian from Youzhou against Zhang Wenli. The subordinate commander Wu Congjian was quartered at her family's house, took pity on the girl still in her youth, and—his own family being in Taiyuan—brought her home as a daughter-in-law.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20: Shizong of Later Zhou's Family · 2 passages

Open chapter

宣懿皇后符氏，其祖秦王存審，父魏王彥卿。 Empress Xuanyi of the Fu clan was descended from Prince of Qin Cunshen on her grandfather's side and from Prince of Wei Yanqing on her father's.

漢兵入其家，後儼然坐堂上，顧軍士曰：「郭公與吾王父有舊，汝輩無犯我！」 When Han soldiers entered the house she sat composed in the hall and told the troops: "Lord Guo and my grandfather were old friends—you must not touch me!"

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 32Volume 32 Biographies of Martyrs to Virtue 12: Wang Yanzhang · 2 passages

Open chapter

顧符存審曰：「吾不惜澤州與梁，一州易得，約難得也。 He turned to Fu Cunjian and said: "I would give Liang Ze Prefecture without regret—one prefecture is cheap; Yue is not.

存審以五千騎馳至遼州，而梁兵已破澤州，約見殺。 Cunjian raced with five thousand cavalry to Lia Prefecture—but Liang had already taken Ze and Yue was dead.