Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Yao Songfu 姚聳夫

Died AD 430

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yao Songfu was a general.

Life and dates

Death

AD 430 元嘉七年後
Execution · Authority Emperor Wen (太祖) · Executor Person Id Zheng Shunzhi (鄭順之) · At Shouyang 壽陽
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 93

Attested activity

AD 430 元嘉七年迎鐘及被殺
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 65, passages 83, 87, 93

Career and standing

General 將
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 87

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passages 87, 95
At Wukang in Wuxing 吳興武康
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 94

Events and relationships

Beheaded
Military · Champion · With Yingwen Tele (英文特勒)
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 96
Sent to recover bell then abandoned Luoyang
Military · Officer · At Luo River / Luoyang 洛水
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passages 87-88, 90-91

Assessments and attributes

Assessment brave, fierce, and unmatched among Song subordinate generals · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 65, passage 95

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 65Volume 65 Biographies 25: Ji Han, Liu Daochan, Du Ji, Shen Tian · 7 passages

至是太祖遣將姚聳夫領千五百人迎致之。 The Emperor now sent General Yao Songfu with fifteen hundred men to recover it.

時聳夫政率所領牽鐘于洛水，驥乃誑之曰：「虜既南渡，洛城勢弱，今修理城池，竝已堅固，軍糧又足，所乏者人耳。 Songfu was then hauling the bell at the Luo when Ji deceived him: "The enemy has crossed south and Luoyang looks weak—but we have repaired the walls, provisions are ample, and we only lack men.

聳夫信之，率所領就驥。 Songfu believed him and led his men to Ji.

驥亦委城南奔，白太祖曰：「本欲以死固守，姚聳夫及城便走，人情沮敗，不可復禁。」 Ji too abandoned the city and fled south, reporting to the Emperor: "I had meant to die defending it, but when Yao Songfu arrived he fled at once; morale collapsed and could not be held."

上大怒，使建威將軍鄭順之殺聳夫於壽陽。 The Emperor was furious and sent General Who Establishes Prestige Zheng Shunzhi to execute Songfu at Shouyang.

聳夫，吳興武康人。 Songfu was a native of Wukang in Wuxing.

始隨到彥之北伐，與虜遇，聳夫手斬托跋燾叔父英文特勒首，燾以馬百匹贖之。 He had first followed Dao Yanzhi north; in battle he personally beheaded Tuoba Tao's uncle Yingwen Tele, and Tao ransomed the head with a hundred horses.