Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Liu Song general and court official falsely cast as a regicide in a conspirators' proclamation

Zhao Bofu 趙伯符

Zhào Bófú

Attested AD 420 - AD 447

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Bofu was a Liu Song general and court official falsely cast as a regicide in a conspirators' proclamation.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 447 二十四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 173
AD 420 to AD 445 賊臣趙伯符
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 69, passage 194

Key source chapters

Career and standing

General of the Central Guard 中護軍
AD 447 二十四年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 66, passage 173

Events and relationships

Agreed with shangzhi
AD 447 二十四年 · Policy debate · Supporter · With He Shangzhi (何尚之)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 173
Was falsely portrayed as the emperor's murderer in the conspirators' prospective proclamation
Political · Intended scapegoat
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passages 194, 197

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 66Volume 66 Biographies 26: Wang Jinghong, He Shangzhi · 1 passage

吏部尚書庾炳之、侍中太子左衛率蕭思話、中護軍趙伯符、御史中丞何承天、太常郗敬叔並同尚之議。 Minister of the Civil Service Yu Bingzhi, Palace Attendant and Left Commander of the Heir Apparent's Guard Xiao Sihua, General of the Central Guard Zhao Bofu, Imperial Censor He Chengtian, and Minister of Ceremonies Xi Jingshu all agreed with Shangzhi's view.

Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 2 passages

賊臣趙伯符積怨含毒，遂縱姧凶，肆兵犯蹕，禍流儲宰，崇樹非類，傾墜皇基。 The traitor Zhao Bofu, nursing resentment and malice, unleashed treachery and villainy, wantonly raised troops against the imperial procession, brought disaster upon the heir and chief ministers, exalted unworthy men, and threatened to overturn the imperial foundation.

湛之、曄與行中領軍蕭思話、行護軍將軍臧質、行左衛將軍孔熙先、建威將軍孔休先，忠貫白日，誠著幽顯，義痛其心，事傷其目，投命奮戈，萬殞莫顧，即日斬伯符首，及其黨與。 Zhanzhi, Ye, Acting General of the Center Army Xiao Sihua, Acting General Who Protects the Army Zang Zhi, Acting General of the Left Guard Kong Xixian, and General Who Establishes Might Kong Xiuxian, Xixian's younger brother—loyalty shining like the sun, sincerity manifest in hidden and open realms—were pained in heart and wounded in spirit; they risked their lives and brandished weapons, heedless of ten thousand deaths, and on that day cut off Bofu's head and his faction.