贾复 / Jia Fu (Eastern Han)

Overview

贾复 / Jia Fu enters the wiki through Hanji 730 as an Eastern Han founding general remembered at his 55 CE death. The source uses him less as a full campaign biography than as a compact example of martial merit, bodily risk, and quiet service under 光武帝刘秀.

Current Profile

Hanji 730 presents Jia Fu as the Jiaodong Ganghou whose death falls amid the late Guangwu notices of 54-55 CE. The episode emphasizes his undefeated fighting record and twelve wounds, then says Liu Xiu reduced his exposure to dangerous distant campaigns because Jia Fu fought too fiercely.

The source’s interpretive use is about recognition and merit. When generals discuss achievements, Jia Fu keeps his head down and does not advertise himself; Liu Xiu says he knows Jia Fu’s merit. The page therefore keeps Jia Fu’s current role narrow: a founding-warrior memory that supports the episode’s Liu Xiu personnel-judgment theme.

Key Characteristics

• Eastern Han founding commander remembered in this source at his 55 CE death notice.
• Martial figure whose undefeated record and many wounds embody high-risk battlefield service.
• Quiet merit case: he does not boast in achievement discussions, while Liu Xiu claims to know his contribution.

Evidence

• Death and title context: Hanji 730 records Jia Fu’s death as Jiaodong Ganghou during Guangwu’s late-reign notices.
• Battlefield profile: Hanji 730 describes him as an undefeated brave general with twelve wounds.
• Recognition pattern: Hanji 730 says Jia Fu remains quiet when others discuss military merit, while Liu Xiu says he knows Jia Fu’s achievements.

Qualifications

This page is intentionally narrow because Hanji 730 gives Jia Fu as a death notice and personnel-judgment example, not a complete biography of his campaigns. Earlier source notes had kept Jia Fu source-scoped; this page creates a stable route because Hanji 730 gives enough identifying detail to link future Guangwu-founding material without overclaiming. Exact battles, formal rank chronology, and the full Yuntai-general tradition remain outside the current bounded evidence.

What Changed

• Created a stable Jia Fu page from Hanji 730’s death, battlefield-risk, and quiet-merit material.

Relationships

• 光武帝刘秀 - ruler who recognizes Jia Fu’s merit and manages his battlefield exposure.
• Hanji 730 - sole current source note for Jia Fu’s wiki profile.
• 耿弇 - adjacent Eastern Han founding-general page already used for Liu Xiu’s commander-recognition profile.