MUZIChinese Matrix
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Former Qin royal kinsman and conversationalist who wrote the Daoist-flavoured Fuzi after surrendering to Eastern Jin.
A thatched pavilion open on three sides stands among tall bamboo; one person sits with their back turned at the veranda rail beside a zither and a stack of bamboo slips, while a stone path runs to a calm pond reflecting clouds and distant hills.
Also known as Zi Yuanda · Fuzi
Fu Lang (also written with a variant surname character), courtesy name Yuanda, was a Di nobleman of Lüeyang, a nephew of the Former Qin ruler Fu Jian, who served as Inspector of Qingzhou and was celebrated for elegant conversation. After the Battle of Fei River he surrendered to the Eastern Jin, became a cavalier attendant, and was later executed through the slander of Wang Guobao. His Fuzi, a collection of Daoist-style parables, contains the fable behind 'asking a tiger for its skin'.
JinFormer Qin prince who surrendered to Eastern Jin c. 384 CE and was later killed
After the Fei River victory, Xie Xuan drove north as Former Qin collapsed and recovered four provinces, but recall and a revolt at Liyang cut the campaign short.
Literature · Sayings1
Fu LangFu Lang, courtesy name Yuanda, a son of Fu Jian's cousin, was summoned to be General Who Guards the East and Governor of Qingzhou, with the title Baron of Le'an. He wrote several dozen essays titled Fuzi that circulated, in the vein of the Laozi and the Zhuangzi. He later surrendered to Jin and was given the post of Supernumerary Cavalier Attendant; a few years on he was slandered by Wang Guobao and killed.
