Kang Fu (康福) | 24 Histories

Overview

Kang Fu was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

At the capital 京師
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 218

Attested activity

AD 930 乃拜福涼州刺史
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 202
AD 936 to AD 942 晉高祖時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 218
AD 930 to AD 933 福居靈武三歲
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 211

Origins and identity

Ethnicity claimed Shatuo 沙陀種
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 219

Career and standing

Martial Peace 武安
Posthumous name
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 218
Grand Preceptor 太師
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 218

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Mingzong (明宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passages 214, 221

Events and relationships

Surprised and destroyed Tibetan tents at Qinggang
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passages 209-210

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 46Volume 46 Miscellaneous Biographies 26: Zhao Zaili, Huo Yanwei, Fang Zhiwen, Wang Yanqiu, An Zhongba, Wang Jianli, Kang Fu, Guo Yanlu · 15 passages

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澄表請朝廷命帥，而重誨以謂靈武深入夷境，為帥者多遇害，乃拜福涼州刺史，朔方、河西軍節度使。 Cheng asked the court for a commander. Chonghui said Lingwu lay deep in barbarian country and its commanders often died—so Fu was made Liangzhou prefect and commissioner of Shuofang and Hexi.

福入見明宗，涕泣言為重誨所擠。 Fu came before Mingzong in tears and said Chonghui had forced him out.

明宗召重誨為福更佗鎮，重誨曰：「福為刺史無功效而建節旄，其敢有所擇邪！」 Mingzong called Chonghui to move Fu elsewhere. Chonghui said: “Fu was a prefect with no merit and got a commissioner’s banner—how dare he pick and choose!”

明宗怒，謂福曰：「重誨遣汝，非吾意也。 Mingzong flared up and told Fu: “Chonghui sent you—not my wish.

乃令將軍牛知柔以兵衛福。 He ordered General Niu Zhirou to escort Fu with troops.

行至方渠，而羌夷果出邀福，福以兵擊走之。 At Fangqu the Qiang and Yi came out to waylay him as expected; Fu beat them off.

至青岡峽，遇雪，福登山望見川谷中煙火，有吐蕃數千帳，不覺福至，福分其兵馬三道，出其不意襲之。 At Qinggang Gorge snow fell. Fu climbed a hill, saw smoke in the valley—thousands of Tibetan tents. They did not know he was near. He split his force three ways and struck by surprise.

福居靈武三歲，歲常豐稔，有馬千駟，蕃夷畏服。 Fu held Lingwu three years. Harvests ran full every year. He had a thousand teams of horses. The tribes feared and obeyed.

言事者疑福有異志，重誨亦言福必負朝廷。 Memorialists suspected Fu of other designs. Chonghui too said Fu would turn on the court.

明宗遣人謂福曰：「我何少汝而欲負我！」 Mingzong sent word: “How have I wronged you that you would betray me!”

福言：「受國恩深，有死無二。」 Fu said: “The state has favored me deeply—I die without a second thought.”

福章再上，即隨而至，明宗不之罪，徙鎮彰義。 Fu memorialized again and came in person right after. Mingzong did not punish him and moved him to Zhangyi.

福世本夷狄，夷狄貴沙陀，故常自言沙陀種也。 Fu’s line was barbarian stock; barbarians prized the Shatuo, so he often called himself Shatuo.

福嘗有疾臥閣中，寮佐入問疾，見其錦衾，相顧竊戲曰：「錦衾爛兮！」 Fu once lay ill in his pavilion. Aides came to ask after him, saw his brocade quilt, and whispered to each other in jest: “The brocade quilt rots!”

福聞之，怒曰：「我沙陀種也，安得謂我為奚？」 Fu heard and raged: “I am Shatuo—how dare you call me Xi!”