滕抚 / Teng Fu (late Han)

Overview

Teng Fu is presented as a late-Han official whose proven anti-bandit merit does not translate into durable reward because he refuses to attach himself to powerholders. The source uses his dismissal to show how eunuch hostility and senior-official compliance could override merit-based recognition.

Current Profile

Teng Fu’s profile is bounded to the Hanji 828 account. He is described as upright, successful in suppressing bandits, and eligible for enfeoffment because of that military-administrative merit.

The same account emphasizes his refusal to associate with the powerful. That refusal makes him disliked by eunuchs, and the expected reward is replaced by impeachment: 胡广 / Hu Guang (late Han) impeaches him, Teng Fu is dismissed, and he later dies at home.

Key Characteristics

• Upright official with a record of anti-bandit achievement.
• Merit claimant whose expected reward is blocked by political hostility.
• Figure who refuses to cultivate powerholder relationships.
• Target of eunuch resentment despite public-service accomplishments.
• Example of how senior-official procedure can translate palace hostility into formal dismissal.

Evidence

• Anti-bandit merit and expected reward: 《资治通鉴·汉纪》828丨大将军梁冀：擅权废立的东汉奸臣 says Teng Fu had suppressed bandits and should have been rewarded with enfeoffment.
• Refusal of patronage ties: 《资治通鉴·汉纪》828丨大将军梁冀：擅权废立的东汉奸臣 frames his unwillingness to associate with powerholders as the proximate reason eunuchs disliked him.
• Formal dismissal: 《资治通鉴·汉纪》828丨大将军梁冀：擅权废立的东汉奸臣 reports Hu Guang’s impeachment and Teng Fu’s removal from office.
• Systemic significance: 《资治通鉴·汉纪》828丨大将军梁冀：擅权废立的东汉奸臣 connects the episode to a wider court environment in which uprightness and merit have weak protection against eunuch-centered retaliation.

Qualifications

The current wiki evidence for Teng Fu comes from a single source note. It establishes the dismissal pattern and political meaning of the case but does not yet provide a full career chronology, office list, or independent corroboration for each administrative detail.

What Changed

• Created a standalone profile for Teng Fu from the Hanji 828 source.
• Recorded his case as a merit-politics example rather than treating it as a generic episode of court factionalism.
• Distinguished Teng Fu from 滕延 / Teng Yan (late Han), whose later case belongs to a different political episode.

Relationships

• 胡广 / Hu Guang (late Han) - impeaches Teng Fu and converts eunuch hostility into formal removal.
• Merit-Based Reward and Punishment / 因功赏罚 - Teng Fu’s expected reward is defeated by political hostility.
• Eunuch Patronage Violence Shield / 宦官庇护下的地方暴行 - eunuch resentment functions as a practical veto over Teng Fu’s reward.
• 外戚专权与清算 / Outer-Relative Court Power - the same court environment privileges access and patronage over merit.
• Court Feedback Collapse / 君臣反馈失灵 - Teng Fu’s public-service record fails to protect him inside the decision system.