Sui and Tang · Bandit

Zheng Fangda 鄭方達

Attested AD 806

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zheng Fangda was a Bandit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 806 元和初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passages 118-119

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zheng Hu (鄭戶)
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 119
Sibling of Zheng Yunda (鄭雲達)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 119

Career and standing

imprisoned until death in Qianzhou 錮死黔州
Suffered
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 121

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 2 passages

弟方達，悖悍，結徒剽劫，父欲殺之，不克。 His younger brother Fangda was violent and fierce, gathering followers to plunder and rob; their father wished to kill him but could not.

詔錮死黔州。 An edict ordered Fangda imprisoned until death in Qianzhou.