Qin and Han · cousin of Grand Empress Dowager Fu and former grand marshal

Fu Xi 傅喜

Attested BC 7 - AD 5

Passages
38
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Fu Xi as an aristocrat, courtier, general, and official. This record brings together 38 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Fu Xi 傅喜 Fu Xi
Surname Fu 傅 Fu
Personal Fu Xi 傅喜 Fù Xǐ
Personal name Fu Xi 喜 Xi
Title Marquis of Gaowu 高武侯 Gaowu Hou
Given Xi 喜 Xi
Courtesy Zhiyou 稚游 Zhìyóu
Surname 傅 Fu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Courtier
  • General
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member
  • Scholar
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Statement: died in old age after being sent back to his fief
    Explicit · hanshu:093:s0077

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 哀帝之時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: BC 1
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0020
  • Source Date: Text: 哀帝初即位至平帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: AD 5
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:093:s0176, hanshu:093:s0071

Family

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  • Child of Fu Yan (傅晏)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Son of Fu Xi (傅喜子)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Sibling of Empress Fu (傅氏)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Kin of Fu Yan (傅晏)
    Kinship Term: younger cousin / 從弟
  • Kin of Consort Fu (傅昭儀)
    Kinship Term: younger paternal cousin / 從父弟 · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: held to principle without wavering and earned later recognition · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:093:s0088
  • Assessment: purposeful conduct · Provenance: Mode: narrator
    Explicit · hanshu:093:s0174
  • Item: former Gao'an Marquis's mansion / 故高安侯莫府 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · hanshu:093:s0076
  • Item: one hundred jin of gold and an Upper General's seal and sash / 黃金百斤、上將軍印綬 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · hanshu:093:s0183

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 4 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 93Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi · 23 passages
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大司空何武、尚書令唐林皆上書言：「喜行義修潔，忠誠憂國，內輔之臣也，今以寢病，一旦遣歸，眾庶失望，皆曰傅氏賢子，以論議不合於定陶太后故退，百寮莫不為國恨之。 Grand Minister of Works He Wu and Secretary Director Tang Lin jointly wrote: 'Fu Xi is upright, scrupulous, and devoted to the state—exactly the kind of man who should stand at the emperor's side. To dismiss him overnight on grounds of illness will disappoint the empire. People will say the worthy son of the Fu clan was cashiered because he would not trim his opinions to suit the Dowager of Dingtao, and every official will feel the dynasty has wronged itself.
傅太后又自詔丞相、御史曰：「高武侯喜無功而封，內懷不忠，附下罔上，與故大司空丹同心背畔，放命圮族，虧損德化，罪惡雖在赦前，不宜奉朝請，其遣就國。」 Grand Empress Dowager Fu then issued her own order to the chancellor and censor: 'Marquis of Gaowu Fu Xi received a fief without merit. In his heart he is disloyal: he panders to factions below while misleading the throne, and he conspired with the former grand minister of works Shi Dan in mutinous defiance. Such conduct tears down the moral order. Even though his offenses predate the last amnesty, he must not continue at court; send him back to his fief.'
Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 9 passages
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宣等劾奏：「博宰相，玄上卿，晏以外親封位特進，股肱大臣，上所信任，不思竭誠奉公，務廣恩化，為百寮先，皆知喜、武前已蒙恩詔決，事更三赦，博執正道，虧損上恩，以結信貴戚，背君鄉臣，傾亂政治，奸人之雄，附下罔上，為臣不忠不道； Peng Xuan and the others impeached them, saying: "Zhu Bo is chancellor, Zhao Xuan is an upper minister, and Yan, as an outside relative, holds enfeoffed rank as Specially Advanced. They are great ministers, arms and thighs of the state, trusted by the sovereign, yet they did not think to exhaust loyalty in serving the public, broaden grace and transformation, and lead the hundred offices. They all knew that Xi and Wu had already received a merciful edict and decision, and that the matter had passed through three amnesties. Bo abandoned the straight Way and damaged the sovereign's grace in order to bind trust with honored in-laws; he turned his back on the ruler and faced the ministers, overturned and disordered government, became a champion among wicked men, attached himself below and deceived above. As a minister he is disloyal and without the Way;
Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 1 passage
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Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 1 passage
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