Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and general; imperial partisan

Zhou Fengshu 周奉叔

First attested AD 493; died AD 494

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhou Fengshu was an official and general; imperial partisan.

Life and dates

Death

AD 494 隆昌元年
Executed · Authority Xiao Luan (蕭鸞)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 101

Attested activity

AD 493 戊寅
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 172
AD 494 隆昌元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 49

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Inspector of Qingzhou 青州刺史
AD 494 隆昌元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 49
Chamber Attendant 直閣
Held
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 172

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 172

Events and relationships

Put in charge of palace guard
AD 493 戊寅 · Military · Overseer · With Cao Daogang (曹道剛)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 172
Relation Confidant of · Person Emperor Yulin (鬱林王)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 172

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 172

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Prince of Yulin · 4 passages

己巳，以新除黃門待郎周奉叔爲青州刺史。 Day jisi: Zhou Fengshu, newly made gentleman of the yellow gate, was appointed inspector of Qing.

閹豎徐龍駒專總樞密，奉叔、珍之互執權柄，自以爲任得其人，表裏緝穆，邁蕭、曹而愈信、布，倚太山而坐平原。 The eunuch Xu Longju held the keys of state; Fengshu and Zhenzhi traded the levers of power, each sure the right men were in place—court and camp "smooth as silk," outdoing Xiao He and Cao Shen, more trusted than Xin and Bo, resting on Mount Tai as if the plain were enough.

中書舍人綦母珍之、朱隆之，直閤將軍曹道剛、周奉叔，竝爲帝羽翼。 Qimu Zhenzhi and Zhu Longzhi, gentlemen of the secretariat, and Cao Daogang and Zhou Fengshu, direct-pavilion generals—all were the emperor's wings.

高宗屢諫不納，先啓誅龍駒，次誅奉叔及珍之，帝竝不能違。 The High Ancestor warned him again and again, and was not heard. He asked first for Longju's head, then for Fengshu's and Zhenzhi's—and the emperor could refuse none of it.

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 1 passage

直閣周奉叔、曹道剛素為帝心膂，並使監殿中直衛； Chamber Attendants Zhou Fengshu and Cao Daogang had long been the emperor's trusted confidants; both were put in charge of the palace guard;