Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · younger brother and commander of Zhou Di

Zhou Fangxing 方興

Zhōu Fāngxīng

Attested AD 561 - AD 564

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Fangxing was a younger brother and commander of Zhou Di.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 561 to AD 564 Tianjia era
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 90

Family

Sibling of Zhou Di (周迪)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 90

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 13Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong · 3 passages

周迪以敷素出己下，超致顯貴，深不平、乃舉兵反，遣弟方興以兵襲敷。 Zhou Di had always outranked Fu, and Fu's sudden rise bred deep resentment. Di rebelled and sent his brother Fangxing to raid Fu.

敷與戰，大破方興。 Fu met him in battle and broke Fangxing completely.

仍率眾從都督吳明徹攻迪，破之，擒其弟方興并諸渠帥。 He then followed area commander Wu Mingche against Di, routed him, and took Fangxing and the other chieftains prisoner.