Feichang
Feichang | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 費昌 |
| Allegiance | Shang dynasty |
| Known for | Descendant of Bo Yi Serving Tang of Shang |
Conflicts | Battle of Mingtiao |
| Relations | Bo Yi (founding ancestor) Lian the Great (great grandfather) Ruomu (great grandfather) |
Feichang (simplified Chinese: 费昌; traditional Chinese: 費昌; pinyin: Fèichāng) was a figure in traditional Chinese historiography.
In the Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian's account of the origins of the House of Ying state that Feichang was the great-great-grandson of Ruomu, one of the sons of Bo Yi.[1]
Feichang served in the Battle of Mingtiao in Tang of Shang's army. He is recorded as having driven a chariot for Tang, allowing him to defeat Jie of Xia. After his defeat, Jie of Xia was exiled to Nanchao, bringing about the beginning of the Shang dynasty.[2] Taiping Yulan notes Feichang as going to Shang and unifying it prior to the war, after merely asking which was Xia and which was [3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Whitfield, Roderick (1993). The Problem of Meaning in Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7286-0203-8.
- ↑ Sima, Qian. "秦本紀". 史記 [Records of the Grand Historian] (in Literary Chinese). Chinese Text Project. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
大費生子二人：一曰大廉，實鳥俗氏；二曰若木，實費氏。其玄孫曰費昌，子孫或在中國，或在夷狄。費昌當夏桀之時，去夏歸商，為湯御，以敗桀於鳴條。
- ↑ Government of Emperor Taizong of Song. "天部四". 太平御覽 [Taiping Yulan] (in Literary Chinese). Chinese Text Project. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
又曰：桀無道，兩日并照，在東者將起，在西者將滅。費昌問馮夷曰：「何者為殷，何者為夏？」馮夷曰：「西，夏也；東，殷也。」於是費昌徙族歸殷，殷果克隆。又曰：儒者論：日出扶桑，暮入細柳。扶桑，東方之地，細柳，西方之野。又曰：日晝行千里，夜行千里，騏驥晝日亦千里，然則日行舒疾，與騏驥步相類。