Yuan · Eunuch and Official

Po Buhua 樸不花

Pu Buhua

Died AD 1364

Passages
21
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Po Buhua as an administrator, courtier, eunuch, and official. This record brings together 21 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodYuan

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Po Buhua 樸不花 Pu Buhua
Given Buhua 不花 Buhua
Personal name Po Buhua 樸不花 Pu Buhua
Personal Po Buhua 樸不花 Po Buhua
Alternate Wang Buhua 王不花 Wang Buhua

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Courtier
  • Eunuch
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: commissioner of the Zizheng Court / 資正院使
    Explicit · yuanshi:114:s0239
  • Label: Commissioner of the Office for the Veneration of Rectitude / 崇正院使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十三年後 · Western Year: AD 1363
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0076
  • Label: Grand Academician of the Hall of Gathered Talents / 集賢大學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十三年後 · Western Year: AD 1363
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0076
  • Label: Commissioner of the Rectification of Resources Office / 資正院使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0043
  • Label: Grand Master for Glorious Happiness / 榮祿大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0043
  • Label: commissioner of the Zizheng Court / 資正院使 · Action: held
    Explicit · yuanshi:114:s0239
  • Status: eunuch · Action: held
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0043
  • Status: demotion-refusal · Action: ordered-to-resign · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1363
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0061
  • Status: exile · Action: sentenced · Place: Gansu / 甘肅 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1364
    Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0081
  • Label: impeached and dismissed / 被劾黜 · Action: suffered
    Explicit · yuanshi:114:s0243

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 · 4 passages
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History of Yuan, Chapter 204Volume 204 Biographies 91: Eunuchs · 17 passages
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不花欲要譽一時，請於帝，市地收瘞之，帝賜鈔七千錠，中宮及興聖、隆福兩宮，皇太子、皇太子妃，賜金銀及他物有差，省院施者無算； Seeking a moment’s fame, Buhua asked the emperor to buy land for mass burial. The emperor gave seven thousand ingots of paper money; the central palace, the palaces of Sagely Origin and Longevity and Blessings, the crown prince and his consort each contributed gold, silver, and other goods in varying amounts; and the central and provincial offices gave without limit.
會侍御史李國鳳亦上書皇太子，言：「不花驕恣無上，招權納賂，奔競之徒，皆出其門，駸駸有趙高、張讓、田令孜之風，漸不可長，眾人所共知之，獨主上與殿下未之知耳。 At the same time, attending censor Li Guofeng wrote to the crown prince: "Buhua is insolent beyond measure, sells offices and takes bribes, and every schemer in the capital passes through his door. He increasingly resembles Zhao Gao, Zhang Rang, and Tian Lingzi. Everyone knows this — only Your Majesty and Your Highness seem not to.
宗王不顏帖木兒等為表言其誣枉，而朝廷亦畏其強不可製，復下詔數搠思監、樸不花互相壅蔽簧惑主聽之罪，屏搠思監於嶺北，竄樸不花於甘肅，以快眾憤，而復孛羅帖木兒官爵。 Prince Buyan Timur and others memorialized that Boluo Timur had been framed. The court also feared his power. A new edict listed Bodashirin’s and Po Buhua’s crimes of blocking the emperor’s ears and deceiving him, banished Bodashirin to the northern frontier, exiled Po Buhua to Gansu to appease public anger, and restored Boluo Timur’s rank.