Dates uncertain · Ruler and Royal Family Member

Prince of Fu 福王

Attested AD 1644 - AD 1645

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Prince of Fu was a ruler and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 252-253, 265
AD 1644 江南初立
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 267

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Late Emperor (先帝)
the late emperor's son is the present emperor's son 先帝子即上子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 268, passage 270
Kin of Northern Crown Prince (北來太子)
the late emperor's son is the present emperor's son 先帝子即上子
Uncertain · History of Ming 268, passage 270

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Ming 南明 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 252, 267
AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江
At Wuhu 蕪湖 · Relation Fled to
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 253

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Huang Degong (黃得功) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 256

Events and relationships

Entered camp
AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江 · Political · Supplicant · With Huang Degong (黃得功) · At Wuhu 蕪湖
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 253
Fled capital
AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江 · Political · Fugitive
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 252-253

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

History of Ming, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 156: Cao Wenzhao, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong · 8 passages

時大清兵已渡江，知福王奔，分兵襲太平。 The Qing army had crossed the Yangtze; learning the Prince of Fu had fled, they sent detachments against Taiping.

得功方收兵屯蕪湖，福王潛入其營。 Degong was gathering his troops at Wuhu when the Prince of Fu slipped into his camp.

得功驚泣曰：「陛下死守京城，臣等猶可盡力，奈何聽奸人言，倉卒到此！ Degong cried in shock: "Your Majesty should have held the capital to the death—we could still have fought—why listen to villains and flee here in such haste!

且臣方對敵，安能扈駕？」 And I am facing the enemy—how can I escort Your Majesty?"

王曰：「非卿無可仗者。」 The prince said: "There is no one else I can rely on."

總兵翁之琪投江死，中軍田雄遂挾福王降。 Commander Weng Zhiqi drowned himself in the river; central commander Tian Xiong seized the Prince of Fu and surrendered.

江南初立，王詔書指揮，多出群小。 When the southern regime was first set up, the prince's orders mostly came from petty men at court.

北來太子之獄，得功抗疏爭曰：「東宮未必假冒，先帝子即上子，未有了無證明，混然雷同者。 In the case of the crown prince brought from the north, Degong submitted a forceful memorial: "The heir apparent may not be a fake; the late emperor's son is the present emperor's son. No case lacks all proof yet ends in unanimous agreement.