Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Fusu 扶蘇

Died BC 210

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Fusu was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

BC 210 始皇三十七年
suicide by imperial order 自殺
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passage 38

Attested activity

BC 210 始皇三十七年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passage 37
BC 210 秦末
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 162

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Qin Ershi (秦二世)
prince 公子 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passages 36-37
Child of First Emperor of Qin (秦始皇)
prince 公子
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passage 37

Key source chapters

Career and standing

ordered to suicide 賜死
Ordered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passage 37

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 88, passage 37

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 88Biography of Meng Tian · 3 passages

太子已立，遣使者以罪賜公子扶蘇、蒙恬死。 Once the succession was settled, they sent an envoy bearing charges of crime against Prince Fusu and Meng Tian, commanding them to take their own lives.

扶蘇已死，蒙恬疑而復請之。 Fusu obeyed and took his own life, but Meng Tian grew suspicious and appealed for a review of the decree.

使者還報，胡亥已聞扶蘇死，即欲釋蒙恬。 When the envoy returned with his report, Hu Hai, having learned of Fusu's death, was inclined to release Meng Tian.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 99Biographies of Liu Jing and Shusun Tong · 1 passage

秦以不蚤定扶蘇，令趙高得以詐立胡亥，自使滅祀，此陛下所親見。 Because the Qin failed to designate Fusu early, Zhao Gao was able to fraudulently enthrone Huhai, bringing about the extinction of the Qin sacrificial line—this is something Your Majesty witnessed personally.