Feng Su 封肅

Other names

Family

• Kin of Feng Hui (封回)
  paternal uncle 伯/叔 · paternal line · Through Father of Feng Su
  brother's son 兄子 · paternal line · Through Father of Feng Su
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 48
• Child of Father of Feng Su
  father 父
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 48

Career and standing

• Director of the Grand Mobile Office 大行臺郎中
  AD 520 to AD 525 正光中 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 52
• Director of Central Arms in the Left Secretariat of the Masters of Writing 尚書左中兵郎中
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 53
• Compiler of the Imperial Diary 修起居注
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 50
• Erudite of the Imperial Academy 太學博士
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 50
• Supervisor of the Court of Judicial Review 廷尉監
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 50

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 48, 50, 52
• At Bohai 勃海
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 48

Works and attributed material

• Rhapsody on Returning to the Garden 還園賦
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 51
• surviving writings of more than ten scrolls 存者十餘卷
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 55

Events and relationships

• Served on western campaign
  AD 520 to AD 525 正光中 · Military · Staff officer · With Ji, Prince of Jingzhao (京兆王繼)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 52
• Relation Staff officer of · Person Ji, Prince of Jingzhao (京兆王繼)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 52
• Relation Recognized by · Person Cui Guang (崔光)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 49
• Relation Friend of · Person Cui Hong (崔鴻)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 54
• Relation Friend of · Person Cui Li (崔勵)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 54

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment literary beauty of the Rhapsody on Returning to the Garden · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 51
• respectful, frugal, and selective in friendships
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 54

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passages 1, 218
• His biography in this scroll is somewhat fuller than the Northern History counterpart
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 218
• Most of his writings were lost; a little more than ten scrolls survive.
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 55