Overview
The translated histories identify Feng Dao as a courtier, diplomat, envoy, and official. This record brings together 72 passages from 24 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Feng Dao | 馮道 | Feng Dao |
| Personal name | Dao | 道 | Dào |
| Given name | Dao | 道 | Dao |
| Given | Dao | 道 | |
| Given name | Dao | 道 | Dào |
| Personal name | Dao | 道 | |
| Surname | Feng | 馮 | |
| Surname | Feng | 馮 | Feng |
| Surname | Feng | 馮 | Féng |
| Personal name | Feng Dao | 馮道 | Feng Dao |
| Personal | Feng Dao | 馮道 | Féng Dào |
| Personal name | Feng Dao | 馮道 | Féng Dào |
| Personal | Feng Dao | 冯道 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:066:s0033
- Value: male
Roles
- Courtier
- Diplomat
- Envoy
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 显德元年四月乙丑 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit · xinwudaishi:012:s0039
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 清泰元年五月 · Lunar Month: 5 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0124
- Western Interval: Start: AD 947 · End: AD 948 · Source Date: Text: Chronology stated or entailed by s0017, s0063Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:073:s0017, xinwudaishi:073:s0063
- Source Date: Text: 丁巳 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0124
- Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 950Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:070:s0014, xinwudaishi:070:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 丙子，馮道為大行皇帝山陵使，門下侍郎竇貞 · Western Year: AD 942Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:009:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 乾祐三年冬十一月 · Western Year: AD 950Explicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0026, jiuwudaishi:105:s0027
- Source Date: Text: 乾祐三年十一月 · Western Year: AD 950Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0042, xinwudaishi:011:s0046, xinwudaishi:011:s0057
- Source Date: Text: 乾祐至廣順初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 948 · End: AD 951Explicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0030, xinwudaishi:018:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 夏四月壬申 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 天成元年 · Western Year: AD 926Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:037:s0101
- Source Date: Text: 天成四年三月 · Western Year: AD 929Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 天成四年八月 · Western Year: AD 929Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0116
- Source Date: Text: 天祐中 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:072:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 天福三年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 天福元年 · Western Year: AD 936Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 天福八年 · Western Year: AD 943Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:086:s0061
- Source Date: Text: 太宗會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 太祖入立 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:050:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 契丹入汴前後 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:096:s0109
- Source Date: Text: 庚戌 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0056
- Source Date: Text: 廣順三年 · Western Year: AD 953Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:130:s0079
- Source Date: Text: 廣順元年 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0068
- Source Date: Text: 延徽少時 · Western Year: AD 900Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:074:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 明宗朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 933Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:066:s0033
- Source Date: Text: 显德元年二月 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0019
- Source Date: Text: 显德元年四月乙丑 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 晉高祖使馮道、劉煦冊應天太后、太宗皇帝 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:055:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 清泰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 934 · End: AD 936Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 清泰初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 934 · End: AD 935Explicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 顯德元年 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit · xinwudaishi:070:s0042, xinwudaishi:070:s0043
- Source Date: Text: 高祖崩 · Western Year: AD 942Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 高祖疾病托孤 · Western Year: AD 946Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0187
Career and standing
- Label: Later Jin envoy / 晉使Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0064
- Label: commissioner for the late emperor’s mausoleum / 大行皇帝山陵使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 丁巳 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0124
- Label: inspector of Chengye's office / 本院巡官 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祐中 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0021
- Label: commissioner for the late emperor’s mausoleum / 大行皇帝山陵使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天福七年六月丙子 · Western Year: AD 942Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0015
- Label: commissioner to welcome ancestral tablets / 奉迎神主使 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0111
- Label: Director of the Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0068
- Label: Grand Master of Works / 司空 · Action: appointedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0032
- Label: southern suburban chief ritualist / 南郊大禮使 · Action: appointedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0116
- Label: Vice Minister of War / 兵部侍郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:037:s0101
- Label: vice director of the Chancellery and co-grand councilor / 門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事 · Action: concurrent appointmentExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0047
- Label: Duanming Hall academician / 端明殿學士 · Action: continuedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:037:s0101
- Label: staff officer under Liu Shouguang / 府掾 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祐中 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0021
- Label: Chancellor / 宰臣 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0116
- Label: chief councilor / 宰相 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0036, jiuwudaishi:105:s0069
- Label: Chief minister / 宰相 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0030
- Label: Governor of Tongzhou / 出鎮同州 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0078
- Label: Grand Councillor / chancellor / 宰相 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:070:s0014, xinwudaishi:070:s0042
- Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: held
- Label: minister of works / 司空 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0047
- Status: on-leave · Action: enteredExplicit · jiuwudaishi:143:s0124
- Status: dismissed · Action: left-office · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天福八年五月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 943Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0053
Places and affiliations
- Label: Later Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0036
- Label: Later Jin / 晉 · Relation: servedExplicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0187
- Polities: Later Jin, Later HanExplicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0017, xinwudaishi:073:s0063
- Polity: Later Jin / 晉 · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:055:s0118, liaoshi:058:s0064
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: authorExplicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0025
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: self-reportExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0039
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0079, jiuwudaishi:127:s0036
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0042
Events and relationships
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: Khitan investiture envoy · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0093
- Explicit · jiuwudaishi:086:s0061
- Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0060
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: invested-empress-dowager-and-emperor · Other Person Id: Empress Dowager Yingtian (應天皇太后)Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0072
- Kind: ritual · Role: unavailable · Action: on-leave-during-mingzong-enshrinementExplicit · jiuwudaishi:143:s0124
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: prepared-chariots-and-regalia-for-empress-dowager-enthronement · Other Person Id: Empress Dowager (皇太后) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:058:s0064
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: presented-regalia · Other Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · liaoshi:055:s0118
- Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0059
- Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0187
- Event: returned south after Mada withdrew · Kind: historical-event · Action: returned south after Mada withdrewExplicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0063
- Explicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0040, jiuwudaishi:105:s0069
- Event: summoned to Deguang’s burial · Kind: historical-event · Action: summoned to Deguang’s burialExplicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0057
- Kind: ritual · Role: participant · Action: tablet-fell-during-patentExplicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0027
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: welcome-heir · Other Person Id: Liu Yun (劉赟) · Place: Xuzhou / 徐州Explicit · xinwudaishi:070:s0014
- Explicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0036
- Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Jing Yanguang (景延廣)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0060
- Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Liu Xu (劉煦)Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0072
- Relation: guardian-of · Person Id: Chongrui (重睿)Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0187
- Relation: trustee-of · Person Id: Gaozu (高祖)Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0187
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: accepted Guo Wei bow as ordinary and showed no support for usurpation · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0036, jiuwudaishi:105:s0037
- Assessment: no future; should not be overemployed · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Zhou Yuanbao (周元豹)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0023
- Assessment: no troublemaker · Provenance: Mode: named-person-speech · Speaker Person Id: Khitan ruler (契丹主)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0111
- Assessment: resembles Du Huangshang; fit for high office · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Lu Zhi (盧質)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0024
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liaoshi:055:s0118
References in the histories
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