Person
Phung Tu Du
The man holding an army close by when the seat of Annam was besieged in 687, who held back his troops; the Old Book of Tang records him as from a great clan of Guangzhou and blames him for wanting to win merit out of the danger.
At a glance
- Also known as
- The Complete Annals writes his name as Phung Tu Do; the Cuong muc calls this wrong and corrects it to Phung Tu Du following the Tang histories1
- Role
- From a great clan of Guangzhou; held an army near the seat of Annam in 687 but did not go to its relief when it was besieged; the history records that he took pleasure in another's disaster, wanted to win merit out of the danger, and so held back his troops and let the rebels loose, making the harm greater2
Life
The old chronicles say
Phung Tu Du appears while the seat of Annam was under siege in 687: there was an army close by, but it did not move. The Old Book of Tang records him as from a great clan of Guangzhou, and describes him in very heavy words, that he took pleasure in another's disaster, wanted to win merit out of the danger, and so held back his troops and let the rebels loose, making the harm all the greater. The Complete Annals writes his name with one character different, as Phung Tu Do; the Cuong muc corrects it following the Tang histories.21
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