Li Fu (李敷) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Fu was a prince of Gaoping.

PeriodThree Kingdoms and Six Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 470 冬十月
Execution
Directly stated · Book of Wei 7, passage 124

Attested activity

AD 424 to AD 452 世袓朝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 128
AD 470 冬十月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 7, passage 124
AD 386 to AD 534 魏世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 8

Family

Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 157, 164, 170

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Master of Writing 尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 154
Prince of Gaoping 高平王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 7, passage 124
found guilty and punished 坐得罪
Convicted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 168
Executed
AD 470 冬十月 · Execution
Directly stated · Book of Wei 7, passage 124

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 128, 154
Organization Secretariat school 中書學 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 128

Events and relationships

Consulted Lady Feng on recent precedents
Scholarly · With Lady Feng (封氏)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 8
Spoke in Xin favor and blocked report to throne
Political · Protector · With Li Xin (李訢)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 154-155
Relation Friend of · Person Li Xin (李訢)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 154
Relation Ruined · Person Feng Chan (馮闡)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 165

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 128, 154

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Book of Wei, Chapter 7Volume 6 Annals: Xianzu (Emperor Xianwen) · 1 passage

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冬十月，誅濟南王慕容白曜、高平王李敷。 In the tenth month of winter Murong Baiyao, Prince of Jinan, and Li Fu, Prince of Gaoping, were executed.

Book of Wei, Chapter 51Volume 46: Dou Jin, Xu Yan, Li Xin · 12 passages

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浩舉其弟子箱子與盧度世、李敷三人應之。 Hao nominated his own disciple Xiangzi, together with Lu Dushi and Li Fu, for the appointments.

兵民告言，尚書李敷與訢少長相好，每左右之。 Soldiers and commoners reported the matter. Li Fu of the Masters of Writing had been close to Xin since they were young and always spoke in his favor.

或有勸以奏聞，敷不許。 Some urged that the matter be reported to the throne, but Fu would not permit it.

時敷兄弟將見疏斥，有司諷訢以中旨嫌敷兄弟之意，令訢告列敷等隱罪，可得自全。 At that time the Fu brothers were about to fall from favor. The judicial offices hinted to Xin that the emperor secretly resented them and that if Xin reported their hidden crimes he could save himself.

乃謂其女壻裴攸曰：「吾宗與李敷族世雖遠，情如一家。 He then said to his son-in-law Pei You, "My clan and the Li Fu clan are distant in lineage, but in feeling we are like one family.

敷兄弟事釁可知。 The Fu brothers' offenses are plain enough.

有馮闡者，先為敷所敗，其家切恨之，但呼闡弟問之，足知委曲。」 There is a man named Feng Chan whom Fu ruined earlier; his family hates Fu bitterly. Simply summon Chan's younger brother and question him, and you will learn the full story."

又趙郡范𢷋具條列敷兄弟事狀，有司以聞。 Fan Xie of Zhao Commandery also drew up a detailed account of the Fu brothers' offenses, and the judicial offices reported it to the throne.

敷坐得罪。 Fu was found guilty and punished.

以糾李敷兄弟，故得降免，百鞭髠刑，配為厮役。 Because he had exposed the Li Fu brothers, his sentence was reduced to a hundred lashes, shaving of the head, and assignment as a menial servant.

𢷋曰：「公德於𢷋，何若李敷之德於公？ Fan Xie replied, "The kindness you showed me—how does it compare with the kindness Li Fu showed you?

公昔忍於敷，𢷋今敢不忍於公乎？」 You once hardened your heart against Fu—why should I now dare spare you?"

Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 1 passage

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李敷、公孫文叔雖已貴重，近世故事有所不達，皆就而諮請焉。 Even men as eminent as Li Fu and Gongsun Wenshu would seek her out whenever they were uncertain about recent precedents.