Qin and Han · Official

Xi Fugong 息夫躬

Xīfū Gōng

Attested BC 4 - BC 2

Passages: 5
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Xi Fugong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 4 to BC 2 告東平事
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 105, passages 189-190
BC 4 建平三年
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 158
BC 3 建平四年三月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 12, passage 115

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 105 Volume 93: Flatterers 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 12 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 91 Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan 1 passage

Career and standing

awaiting-orders 待詔
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 189
Marquis of Yiling 宜陵侯
Enfeoffed · Households 1000
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 190
marquis 列侯
BC 3 建平四年三月 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Han 12, passage 115

Events and relationships

Denounced Yun
Denunciation · Accuser · With Liu Yun (劉雲)
Directly stated · Book of Han 91, passage 158

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 1 passage

三月，侍中駙馬都尉董賢、光祿大夫息夫躬、南陽太守孫寵皆以告東平王封列侯。 In the third month, Chamberlain and Commandant of Equipage Dong Xian, Gentleman of the Interior Xi Fugong, and Governor Sun Chong of Nanyang were all enfeoffed as marquises for reporting on the King of Dongping.

Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 1 passage

建平三年，息夫躬、孫寵等共因幸臣董賢告之。 In Jianping 3, Xi Fu Gong, Sun Chong, and others denounced them through the favorite Dong Xian.

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 3 passages

會待詔孫寵、息夫躬等告東平王雲後謁祠祀祝詛，下有司治，皆伏其辜。 Then Sun Chong, Xi Fugong, and other awaiting-orders men denounced the king of Dongping's queen for shrine-cursing; the courts tried the case and extracted confessions.

上於是令躬、寵為因賢告東平事者，乃以其功下詔封賢為高安侯，躬宜陵侯，寵方陽侯，食邑各千戶。 Ai rewrote the story: Xi and Sun had exposed the plot "through" Dong Xian. He credited that tale and enfeoffed Dong Xian as marquis of Gao'an, Xi as marquis of Yiling, and Sun as marquis of Fangyang, each for a thousand households.

丞相王嘉內疑東平事冤，甚惡躬等，數諫爭，以賢為亂國制度，嘉竟坐言事下獄死。 Chancellor Wang Jia believed the Dongping case a frame job and loathed Xi Fugong's clique; he protested that Dong Xian was wrecking the polity—and died in prison for speaking out.