Sui and Tang · Son of Yu Di

Yu Fang 于方

Attested AD 813 - c. AD 824

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yu Fang was a Son of Yu Di.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 813 八年春
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 58
c. AD 821 to c. AD 824 長慶
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 40

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Yu Di (於頔)
son 子
Sources vary in certainty · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 58; New Book of Tang 172, passage 40

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Secretary of the Secretariat 秘書丞
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 58
Entered
AD 813 八年春 · Suspended
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 58

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 58

Events and relationships

Executed after accusation involving Yuan Zhen and Pei Du
Political case · With Yuan Zhen (元稹), Pei Du (裴度)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 58

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 40

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 1 passage

左贊善大夫正、秘書丞方並停見任。 Zheng and Fang were both suspended from their current posts.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 3 passages

次子季友奪二官，正及方免官。 His second son Jiyou lost two ranks; Zheng and Fang were removed from office.

方，長慶時以勛家子通豪俠，欲事河朔，以策幹宰相元稹。 During Changqing, Fang, scion of a meritorious house and friend to men of daring, sought a career in Hebei and brought his plans to Chief Minister Yuan Zhen.

而李逢吉黨謀傾執政，乃告稹結客刺裴度，事下有司，驗無狀，方坐誅。 Li Fengji's faction, plotting to oust the chief minister, accused Zhen of hiring assassins to kill Pei Du; though the inquiry found no proof, Fang was executed anyway.