Song, Liao, and Jin · Military Officer

Fonu 佛奴

Fónú

Attested AD 983 - AD 1012

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Fonu as a clan leader, military officer, and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Fonu 佛奴 Fónú
Personal name Fonu 佛奴 Fónú

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Clan Leader
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:011:s0127
  • Source Date: Text: 聖宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:061:s0110

Career and standing

  • Label: chief of Five Wards man / 其長 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0110
  • Label: flogged fifty blows / 笞五十 · Action: punished · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0127
  • Status: dismissal · Action: stripped-of-office · Authority Person Id: Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
    Explicit · liaoshi:061:s0110

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 61Volume 61 Treatises 31: Punishment and Law 1 · 1 passage