Ming · General

He Fu 何福

Attested AD 1398 - AD 1405

Passages: 11
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

He Fu was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1401 建文三年三月辛巳
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 127
AD 1402 建文四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 5, passage 152
AD 1402 建文四年二月甲寅
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 153
AD 1403 to AD 1405 永樂初
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passages 166, 169
AD 1398 洪武三十一年九月
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 18
AD 1398 洪武三十一年十二月癸卯
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 21

Key source chapters

Career and standing

General Who Subdues the Barbarians 征虏將軍
AD 1402 洪武三十五年 · Appointed · At Ningxia 宁夏
Directly stated · History of Ming 5, passage 198
acting commander of the Yunnan forces 代領其眾
Assumed · From Source Date: Text: 洪武三十一年九月 · Western Year: AD 1398
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 18
left deputy commander 左副將
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 18
Ningxia Regional Commander 寧夏總兵
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 169
commander-in-chief 都督
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 153
imperial letter of praise 敕褒美
AD 1403 to AD 1405 永樂初 · Received
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 169

Places and affiliations

Ming 明
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 4, passages 18, 127, 153
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 169
At Ningxia 寧夏 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 169

Events and relationships

Accumulated exceptional grain stores
AD 1403 to AD 1405 永樂初 · Administrative · Commander
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 169
Assumed Yunnan forces
AD 1398 洪武三十一年九月 · Military · Successor commander · With Mu Chun (沐春)
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 18
Defeated and slew
AD 1398 洪武三十一年十二月癸卯 · Military · Commander · With Dao Gan Meng (刀干孟) · At Luchuan 麓川
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 21
Routed Yan at Xiaohe
Battle · Commander · With Zhu Di (燕王)
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 156

Assessments and attributes

Assessment accumulated grain especially much · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 169

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 169

References in the histories

Search passages

History

11 passages

History of Ming, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Gongming · 6 passages

九月，雲南總兵官西平侯沐春卒於軍，左副將何福代領其眾。 In the ninth month Mu Chun, Marquis of Western Pacification and commander in Yunnan, died on campaign; Deputy Commander He Fu assumed his troops.

十二月癸卯，何福破斬刀干孟，麓川平。 On guimao of the twelfth month He Fu routed and slew Dao Gan Meng, and Luchuan was brought to peace.

丁亥，都督何福援德州。 On the dinghai day, Commander-in-Chief He Fu marched to relieve Dezhou.

二月甲寅，都督何福及陳暉、平安軍濟寧，盛庸軍淮上。 On the jiayin day of the second month, He Fu joined Chen Hui and Ping An at Jining while Sheng Yong held the line on the Huai.

夏四月丁卯，何福、平安敗燕兵於小河，斬其將陳文。 In the fourth month of summer, on the dingmao day, He Fu and Ping An routed the Yan army at Xiaohe and killed their general Chen Wen.

會帝聞訛言，謂燕兵已北，召輝祖還，何福軍亦孤。 Just then the emperor heard a rumor that the Yan army had already withdrawn north; he recalled Xu Huizu, leaving He Fu's force stranded alone.

History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 4 passages

丁丑，何福等營灵璧，燕遮其饷道，平安分兵六萬人护之。 On dingchou He Fu camped at Lingbi. Yan interdicted his supplies; Ping An detached sixty thousand men to guard the convoys.

何福空壁來援，王軍少卻，高煦伏兵起，福敗走。 He Fu stripped his camp to rescue the van. The prince’s line gave a little ground; Zhu Gaoxu’s ambush rose; Fu broke and ran.

辛巳，進薄其垒，破之，生擒平安、陳晖等三十七人，何福走免。 On xinsi he closed on their fort, stormed it, and took Ping An, Chen Hui, and thirty-seven more alive. He Fu alone got away.

戊午，都督何福為征虏將軍，鎮宁夏，節制陕西行都司。 On wuwu Commander He Fu was named General Who Subdues the Barbarians, garrisoned at Ningxia, and given charge of the Shaanxi regional command.

History of Ming, Chapter 77Volume 77 Treatises 53: Finance and Economics 1 · 1 passage

寧夏總兵何福積谷尤多，賜敕褒美。 Ningxia commander He Fu's exceptional grain stores earned an imperial commendation.