Wang Fu (王甫) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Fu as a courtier and eunuch. This record brings together 16 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Fu	王甫	Wang Fu
Given	Fu	甫	Fu
Title	Regular Attendant	中常侍	Zhongchangshi
Title	Regular Attendant	中常侍
Surname	Wang	王	Wang
Personal name	Wang Fu	王甫	Wang Fu
Personal name	Wang Fu	王甫
Personal name	Wang Fu	王甫	Wáng Fǔ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0013, houhanshu:085:s0254, houhanshu:117:s0091, houhanshu:119:s0180

Roles

Courtier
Eunuch

Life and dates

Death

Manner: beaten to death under interrogation · Responsible Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光和二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0231

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 168-179 · Western Interval: Start: AD 168 · End: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0013
Source Date: Text: 及阳球奏甫 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0268
Source Date: Text: 建宁四年 · Western Year: AD 171
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0091, houhanshu:117:s0090
Source Date: Text: 永康元年 · Western Year: AD 167
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0149, houhanshu:117:s0148
Source Date: Text: 熹平二年 · Western Year: AD 173
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0180

Family

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Parent of Wang Ji (王吉)
Kinship Term: adoptive father / 养父 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Wang Meng (萌)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Wang Ji (吉)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: uncertain · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Kinship Role: wives and children · Quantity: unspecified plural · Action: exiled to Bijin
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0234

Career and standing

Label: Regular Attendant / 中常侍 · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0220, houhanshu:085:s0254
Status: monopolized-power · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0180
Action: accused by Yang Qiu of crimes meriting execution or clan extermination · Authority Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光和二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0222
Label: impeached by Yang Qiu / 阳球奏甫 · Action: impeached · Authority Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及阳球奏甫 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0268

Places and affiliations

Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:085:s0254
Polity: Eastern Han / 東漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0013

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: abused power and stirred intrigue inside and outside court · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0220
Item: all property / 财产 · Relation: confiscated
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0234