Died (Unknown) Wade–Giles Fei Shih Traditional Chinese 費詩 Name Fei Shi | Simplified Chinese 费诗 Role Three Kingdoms Pinyin | |
Courtesy name Gongju (traditional Chinese: 公舉; simplified Chinese: 公举; pinyin: Gongju; Wade–Giles: Kung-chu) | ||
Fei Shi (birth and death dates unknown), courtesy name Gongju, was an official of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
Life
Fei Shi was from Nan'an County (南安縣), Jianwei Commandery (犍為郡), which is around present-day Leshan, Sichuan. He originally served under Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing), as the Prefect of Mianzhu County (綿竹縣).
In 214, after the warlord Liu Bei seized control of Yi Province from Liu Zhang, Fei Shi came into the service of Liu Bei. Between 214 and 219, Fei Shi held a number of appointments in Liu Bei's administration, including Administrator (太守) of Zangke Commandery (牂牁郡). Around 219, after Liu Bei declared himself King of Hanzhong, he tasked Fei Shi with travelling to Jing Province to inform Guan Yu about his appointment as General of the Vanguard (前將軍).
In 221, when Liu Bei declared himself emperor and established the Shu Han state, Fei Shi wrote a memorial to express his strong objection to Liu Bei's coronation. He argued that Liu Bei should not declare himself emperor until he had vanquished Shu's rival state, Cao Wei, which replaced the Eastern Han dynasty in 220; he cited the example of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty, who only declared himself emperor after defeating his rival Xiang Yu in the Chu–Han Contention. Liu Bei was so displeased that he had Fei Shi imprisoned and later demoted to serve as a low-ranking official in Yongchang Commandery (永昌郡) in the remote southern parts of Shu.
In 225, Fei Shi accompanied Zhuge Liang on the southern campaign against rebel forces in southern Shu's Nanzhong region. Later, when Zhuge Liang launched a series of military campaigns against Shu's rival state Wei, Fei Shi remained in the Shu capital Chengdu to handle domestic affairs. He was appointed as a Counsellor Remonstrant (諫議大夫) sometime after Zhuge Liang's death in 234, when Jiang Wan was the head of government in Shu. He died not long later.
Fei Shi had one son, Fei Li (费立).