Fuhu (伏護) | 24 Histories

Overview

Fuhu was a Successor son named only in the chapter title listing.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Chenyuan	臣援	Chényuán

Life and dates

Death

Cause alcohol-related decline ending in death 事事酣酒，神識恍惚，遂以卒
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 226

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 577 北齊
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 1
AD 565 天統初
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 225
AD 550 to AD 559 文宣帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 223

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Lingshan (靈山)
heir 後 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 223
Child of Jianguo (建國)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 223

Career and standing

Gentleman Attendant at the Yellow Gates 黃門侍郎
AD 565 天統初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 225
Governor of Yan Province 兗州刺史
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 227

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 225-226

Learning and skills

Skill administrative writing and clerical skill 刀筆 · Level modest
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 224

Works and attributed material

career, drunkenness, and death
Narrative · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 224-227

Events and relationships

Made heir
AD 550 to AD 559 文宣帝 · Political · Appointee · With Lingshan (靈山)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 223
served several reigns and always took part in confidential counsel 歷事數朝，恒參機要
Political · Official · Served through reigns
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 226

Assessments and attributes

Assessment craved wine and often blundered when drunk; the failing worsened in his last years · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 226
heavy drinker who went days without eating and drank until his mind grew dim
Habit
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 226

Source notes

named as a successor son (嗣子) in the chapter title listing
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 1

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 14Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu · 4 passages

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廣平公盛陽州公永樂弟長弼襄樂王顯國上洛王思宗子元海弟思好平秦王歸彥武興王普長樂太守靈山嗣子伏護 Duke Sheng of Guangping; Duke Yongle of Yangzhou; younger brother Changbi; Prince Xianguo of Xiangle; Prince Sizong of Shangluo; son Yuanhai; younger brother Sihao; Prince Guiyan of Pingqin; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Lingshan, Governor of Changle; successor son Fuhu

子懿，卒於武平鎮將，無子，文宣帝以靈山從父兄齊州刺史建國子伏護為靈山後。 His son Yi died as commander of the Wuping garrison without heirs; Emperor Wenxuan appointed Fuhu — son of Jianguo, Governor of Qi Province and Lingshan's elder paternal cousin — to carry on Lingshan's line.

伏護，字臣援，粗有刀筆。 Fuhu, styled Chenyuan, had some modest skill with brush and ledger.

伏護歷事數朝，恒參機要，而性嗜酒，每多醉失，末路逾劇，乃至連日不食，事事酣酒，神識恍惚，遂以卒。 Fuhu served several reigns and always stood in the circle of confidential counsel, yet wine was his weakness; drunk, he often stumbled, and toward the end the failing worsened — days passed without a meal, every hour given to the cup until his mind grew dim and he died.