番丘 / Fanqiu

Overview

番丘 / Fanqiu enters the wiki through Hanji 550 as 末振将’s son and the target of 段会宗’s punitive Wusun mission.

Current Profile

Fanqiu matters less as an independent strategist than as the person through whom Han answers Mozhenjiang’s offense after the offender himself has already died. The court regrets not killing Mozhenjiang directly, then sends Duan Huizong to punish Fanqiu. Duan leaves a larger force behind, brings a small selected party, summons Fanqiu, lists the crimes, and has hidden axemen kill him.

His death produces the episode’s major confrontation. Many of Fanqiu’s followers flee in fear, while 安犁靡 soon surrounds Duan with thousands of riders. Fanqiu therefore functions as the punished heir whose killing tests whether Han’s authority in Wusun can survive immediate local retaliation.

Key Characteristics

• Son of Mozhenjiang and heir-line target after the killing of the large kunmi Cilim.
• Punished by Han because Mozhenjiang’s offense still requires visible accountability.
• Killed by surprise after formal accusation rather than in open battle.
• His death triggers Anlimi’s encirclement of Duan Huizong.

Evidence

• Punitive target: Hanji 550 says Han sends Duan to kill Mozhenjiang’s son Fanqiu after regretting that Mozhenjiang was not personally punished.
• Killing method: Hanji 550 says Duan summons Fanqiu, states the offenses, and hidden axemen kill him.
• Retaliation risk: Hanji 550 says Anlimi surrounds Duan after Fanqiu’s death.

Qualifications

This page is source-bounded and does not establish Fanqiu’s broader biography, age, office, or personal culpability beyond the episode’s punitive framing. The transcript form 范秋 is normalized to 番丘 with source-scoped caution.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 550’s punitive killing scene.

Relationships

• 末振将 - father whose killing of Cilim produces Fanqiu’s danger.
• 段会宗 - Han envoy-commander who kills Fanqiu.
• 安犁靡 - Wusun small kunmi whose response creates the encirclement crisis.
• 乌孙 - political setting for Fanqiu’s punishment.
• 强制边疆震慑 - concept because Fanqiu’s killing is meant as exemplary frontier punishment.