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Fu Xian
Western Jin official and writer, courtesy name Changyu, son of Fu Xuan, who rose to Colonel Director of Retainers, impeached the powerful without fear, and left rhapsodies such as Nian Chan Fu and Ying Huo Fu.
At dawn in a palace courtyard, a large drum hangs in a small roofed frame beside a red pillar, with a bound bundle of scrolls on a low stand in front; a stone balustrade leads toward a large hall in the mist, and a row of tiny people stands far away.
Also known as Courtesy name Changyu · Posthumous name Zhen
Fu Xian (239–294), courtesy name Changyu, was from Niyang in Beidi (around Yaozhou, Tongchuan, Shaanxi) and a son of Fu Xuan. He became Crown Prince's Attendant in 273, inherited his father's title, served as Assistant Director of the Left and Governor of Jizhou, criticised Yang Jun's grip on power, and then, as Censor-in-Chief and Colonel Director of Retainers, impeached Wang Rong. He was given the posthumous name Zhen. More than ten of his poems and over thirty rhapsodies survive, including the short fu Nian Chan Fu, Qing Ying Fu and Ying Huo Fu; the Ming scholar Zhang Pu compiled the Fu Zhongcheng Ji, and the Wen Xuan includes his Zeng He Shao Wang Ji.
Life and times
Dates 239–294 CE