冯野王 / Feng Yewang (Western Han)

Overview

冯野王 / Feng Yewang enters the wiki through Hanji 495 and Hanji 520 as a qualified Western Han official whose vulnerability appears in two different political environments. Under 汉元帝, he is ranked first for the Yushi Dafu vacancy but blocked when 石显 reframes the appointment as favoritism toward 冯昭仪’s family. Under 汉成帝, his sick leave and return to Duling become the basis for an impeachment encouraged by 王凤, while 杜清 argues that the case should not be punished under unclear or retroactive rules.

Current Profile

Hanji 495 presents Feng Yewang as a merit candidate blocked by political optics. After Yushi Dafu Li Yanshou dies, many officials recommend Feng; the episode says he is judged first among two-thousand-stone candidates for conduct and ability. Shi Xian does not deny that merit. Instead, he tells Yuan that making Feng, the brother of a favored consort, one of the Three Excellencies may look like private use of harem kin. Feng’s first wiki role is therefore the candidate whose qualification is overruled by ruler-image risk.

Hanji 520 presents Feng less as a promotion candidate than as a disciplinary test case. After Wang Zhang is killed and Wang Feng’s authority dominates the court, Feng becomes ill, receives approved leave, extends that leave, and returns with his wife to Duling for treatment while still on salary. Wang Feng then has the Yushi Zhongcheng impeach him for taking a tiger tally beyond the commandery boundary and allegedly disrespecting the imperial order.

Feng’s durable wiki role is therefore a two-stage vulnerability case. In the Yuan-era source, a eunuch favorite can block him by exploiting suspicion of consort-kin favoritism. In the Chengdi-era source, a dominant outer-relative can remove him through a technical case after a factional shock. Du Qing’s defense does not prove Feng’s conduct perfect; it argues that a state damages credibility when it punishes under a rule that was unclear or only created after the fact.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han official described as a strong Yushi Dafu candidate under Yuan and as a two-thousand-stone officeholder in Hanji 520.
• Brother of Feng Zhaoyi, making even a merit-based promotion vulnerable to consort-kin favoritism framing.
• Takes extended sick leave with Han Chengdi’s approval.
• Returns to Duling for treatment while still officially on leave and salary.
• Impeached after Wang Zhang’s death in a Wang Feng-dominated court environment.
• Serves as both a reputation-risk appointment case and a procedural test for non-retroactivity and cautious punishment.

Evidence

Promotion blocked by reputation risk:

• Hanji 495 says many officials recommend Feng Yewang after Li Yanshou’s death and that Feng ranks first among candidates because of conduct and ability.
• Hanji 495 says Shi Xian first praises Feng’s suitability, then warns Yuan that appointing Feng, Feng Zhaoyi’s brother, would invite charges of private favoritism.

Technical impeachment and procedural defense:

• Hanji 520 says Feng Yewang takes a three-month sick leave, extends it by another three months, and receives Chengdi’s approval.
• Hanji 520 says Feng returns with his wife to Duling while drawing salary and holding office.
• Hanji 520 says Wang Feng hints to the Yushi Zhongcheng to impeach Feng for crossing the commandery boundary with a tiger tally.
• Hanji 520 says Du Qing argues that there was no clear existing prohibition and no later rule should be applied retroactively.
• Hanji 520 says Wang Feng does not accept Du Qing’s first argument and Feng Yewang is removed from office.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 495 and Hanji 520 and does not reconstruct Feng Yewang’s full career, family background, political alignment, or whether Wang Feng considered him a direct factional threat. Hanji 495 makes the blocked promotion depend on Shi Xian’s framing and Yuan’s reputation sensitivity, but it does not prove Feng would certainly have been appointed without Shi Xian’s intervention. Hanji 520 reads the impeachment as part of Wang Zhang’s aftershock, but the exact degree of personal opposition between Feng and Wang Feng remains source-scoped.

What Changed

• Added Hanji 495’s earlier blocked-promotion layer, making Feng Yewang a reputation-risk appointment case before the later Hanji 520 procedural case.
• Preserved Hanji 520’s sick-leave impeachment and Du Qing’s procedural defense.

Relationships

• 汉元帝 - ruler whose concern for reputation lets Shi Xian block Feng’s promotion.
• 石显 - court favorite who blocks Feng’s Yushi Dafu appointment by invoking consort-kin favoritism optics.
• 冯昭仪 - favored consort whose sibling tie makes Feng’s promotion politically vulnerable.
• 王凤 - powerholder whose hint triggers the impeachment.
• 杜清 - adviser who argues Feng should not be punished under unclear or retroactive rules.
• 王章 - prior punished critic whose death forms the political background.
• 汉成帝 - ruler who approves Feng’s sick leave before the later impeachment.
• 名分合法性叙事攻击 - adjacent concept because Feng’s technical case becomes part of public justification and political targeting.