Sui and Tang · Rebel Warlord

Du Fuwei 杜伏威

Attested AD 617 - AD 623

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Fuwei was a rebel Warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 619 武德二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 87, passage 87
AD 623 武德六年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 87, passage 91
AD 617 to AD 618 隋季
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 87, passage 80

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Kan Ling (闞棱)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 89

Career and standing

Commissioner-in-Chief 總管
Styled himself
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Submitted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 87
At Linji in Qizhou 齊州臨濟
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 87, passage 80
At Huainan 淮南 · Relation Plundered in
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 80

Works and attributed material

I shall keep my post in the capital—you must not let Gongduo stir up trouble.
Speech · Speaker · With Wang Xiongdan (王雄誕) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 91

Events and relationships

Entered court
AD 623 武德六年 · Political · Courtier
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 91
Sent Gongduo against Li Zitong
Military · Commander · With Li Zitong (李子通)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 82
Relation Commander of · Person Fu Gongduo (輔公祏)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 81

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 80

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 12: Xiao, Fu, Shen, Li, Liang · 8 passages

隋季與鄉人杜伏威為盜，轉掠淮南。 Late in the Sui he and his fellow townsman Du Fuwei turned bandit and ranged through Huainan, plundering as they went.

伏威兵浸盛，自號總管，以公祏為長史。 Fuwei's force grew steadily. He styled himself Commissioner-in-Chief and made Gongduo his chief clerk.

賊李子通據江都，伏威使公祏以精卒數千度江擊之。 The rebel Li Zitong held Jiangdu. Fuwei sent Gongduo with several thousand picked troops across the river to attack him.

伏威既遣使歸國，武德二年，詔授公祏淮南道行臺尚書左仆射，封舒國公。 After Fuwei had sent envoys to submit to the Tang court, in the second year of Wude an edict made Gongduo Left Vice-President of the Masters of Writing on the Huainan executive secretariat and enfeoffed him as Duke of Shu.

初，伏威與公祏少相愛，又兄事之，故軍中呼輔伯，尊禮略等。 Fuwei and Gongduo had been close since youth, and Fuwei treated him as an elder brother. The army called him Elder Fu, and the honor shown him was nearly equal to Fuwei's own.

伏威稍忌之，乃署養子闞棱為左將軍，王雄誕為右將軍，推公祏為仆射，陰解其柄。 Fuwei slowly grew jealous. He made his adopted son Kan Ling Left General and Wang Xiongdan Right General, raised Gongduo to Vice President in name, and quietly stripped him of real power.

六年，伏威入朝，留公祏居守，復令雄誕握兵副之，陰誡曰：「吾至京不失職，無容公祏為變。」 In the sixth year Fuwei went to court and left Gongduo behind as guardian. He again put Wang Xiongdan in command as his deputy and secretly warned him, "I shall keep my post in the capital—you must not let Gongduo stir up trouble."

後左遊仙說公祏反，會雄誕以疾臥家，公祏奪其兵，紿言伏威移書令舉事。 Later Zuo Youxian talked Gongduo into rebellion. Xiongdan happened to be ill at home, and Gongduo seized his army, falsely claiming Fuwei had written ordering a rising.