冯信 / Feng Xin (Western Han)

Overview

冯信 / Feng Xin enters the wiki through Hanji 542 as a Western Han official paired with 陈贤 in the episode’s account of friendship, promotion rivalry, and later removal around 翟方进. He is less individually developed than Chen Xian, but he matters as the second former friend whose conduct convinces Zhai that old relationships have become hostile.

Current Profile

Feng Xin is introduced as a senior official who, like Chen Xian, stands above Zhai Fangjin in earlier official chronology but loses the Yushi Dafu opportunity to Zhai. The source treats this shared disappointment as part of the relationship imbalance after Zhai’s promotion.

During Zhai’s danger, Feng does not function as the supportive old friend Zhai expects. The episode groups Feng with Chen in the failure to help and in the later self-protection logic after Zhai survives. Zhai’s counterattack then targets both men through their association with Chen Tang and the claim that they gained rank through improper recommendation.

Key Characteristics

• Feng Xin is a Western Han official presented as senior to Zhai Fangjin before Zhai’s rise.
• He belongs to the same close-relationship field as Chen Xian and Zhai before the promotion rupture.
• His role is mostly paired: the episode treats him with Chen as an older rival disappointed by Zhai’s ascent.
• He fails to protect Zhai during the inquiry, helping turn old friendship into open hostility.
• After Zhai survives, Feng shares Chen’s self-protection exposure because retaliation becomes predictable.
• His removal is tied to the accusation that Chen Tang’s praise helped him obtain office improperly.

Evidence

Shared seniority and rivalry:

• Hanji 542 says Feng Xin and Chen Xian entered officialdom earlier than Zhai Fangjin and were also candidates when the Yushi Dafu post opened.

Failed friendship:

• Hanji 542 says Zhai expected support from Chen Xian and Feng Xin after being implicated, but they did not help him.

Removal through Chen Tang association:

• Hanji 542 says Zhai later accused Chen Xian and Feng Xin of depending on Chen Tang and gaining office through improper channels, leading to their dismissal.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 542. The source provides a paired role for Feng Xin rather than a full biography, so his independent actions, offices, and motives remain thin and source-scoped.

What Changed

• Created the Feng Xin page from Hanji 542’s paired friendship-rivalry case.

Relationships

• 翟方进 - former friend and later retaliating opponent.
• 陈贤 - paired official in the promotion disappointment, inquiry pressure, self-protection, and removal sequence.
• 陈汤 - association used in the later accusation against Feng.
• 升职后的关系破裂 - concept pattern illustrated by Feng’s grouped role.
• 嫉妒-鄙视比较 - adjacent psychology of painful familiar comparison.