He Fu (何福) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify He Fu as a general. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	He Fu	何福	He Fu
Title	Commander He Fu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · mingshi:005:s0152

Roles

General

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建文四年 · Western Year: AD 1402
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:005:s0152

Career and standing

Label: General Who Subdues the Barbarians / 征虏將軍 · Action: appointed · Place: Ningxia / 宁夏 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 洪武三十五年 · Western Year: AD 1402
Explicit · mingshi:005:s0198

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 4 passages

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丁丑，何福等營灵璧，燕遮其饷道，平安分兵六萬人护之。 On dingchou He Fu camped at Lingbi. Yan interdicted his supplies; Ping An detached sixty thousand men to guard the convoys.

何福空壁來援，王軍少卻，高煦伏兵起，福敗走。 He Fu stripped his camp to rescue the van. The prince’s line gave a little ground; Zhu Gaoxu’s ambush rose; Fu broke and ran.

辛巳，進薄其垒，破之，生擒平安、陳晖等三十七人，何福走免。 On xinsi he closed on their fort, stormed it, and took Ping An, Chen Hui, and thirty-seven more alive. He Fu alone got away.

戊午，都督何福為征虏將軍，鎮宁夏，節制陕西行都司。 On wuwu Commander He Fu was named General Who Subdues the Barbarians, garrisoned at Ningxia, and given charge of the Shaanxi regional command.