Ancient China · Family Member and Military Officer

Grandfather of Feng Tang 馮唐祖父

Attested BC 260 - BC 228

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Grandfather of Feng Tang was a Family Member and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 260 to BC 228 大父在趙時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 102, passage 97
BC 250 to BC 229 大父在趙時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 59, passages 97, 111

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Father of Feng Tang (馮唐父)
grandfather 大父
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 102, passages 85-86; Book of Han 59, passage 85
Ancestor of Feng Tang (馮唐)
grandfather 大父 · paternal line · 2 generations
grandfather 祖父 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 102, passage 85; Book of Han 59, passage 85

Key source chapters

Career and standing

commandery general 官卒將
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 102, passage 97

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhao 趙 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 102, passage 97
At Zhao 趙
Directly stated · Book of Han 59, passage 85; Records of the Grand Historian 102, passage 85

Events and relationships

Relation Associate of · Person Li Mu (李牧)
Directly stated · Book of Han 59, passage 97; Records of the Grand Historian 102, passage 97

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 3 passages

馮唐，祖父趙人也。 Feng Tang's grandfather was a native of Zhao.

唐曰：「臣大父在趙時，為官帥將，善李牧。 Feng Tang said, "My grandfather served in Zhao as a commandery officer commanding troops and was on close terms with Li Mu.

臣大父言李牧之為趙將居邊，軍市之租皆自用饗士，賞賜決於外，不從中復也。 My grandfather told me how Li Mu, as Zhao's frontier commander, spent every coin of the army-market tax to feed his men and handed out rewards on his own authority, without awaiting review from the center.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 102Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang · 3 passages

馮唐者，其大父趙人。 Feng Tang's grandfather was a man of Zhao.

唐曰：「臣大父在趙時，為官（卒）［率］將，善李牧。 Tang said, "When my grandfather was in Zhao, he served as a commandery general and was on good terms with Li Mu.

臣大父言，李牧為趙將居邊，軍市之租皆自用饗士，賞賜決於外，不從中擾也。 My grandfather said that when Li Mu served as a Zhao general guarding the border, he used all the revenues from the army market to feast his troops. Rewards and commendations were decided in the field, without interference from the capital.