Feng Xu 封諝

The Regular Attendant Feng Xu was one of the greedy eunuchs under Emperor Ling, in 184 A.D. he sided with the Yellow Turbans and had contact with Yellow Turban leader Ma Yuanyi.

Life
Zhang Jiao was plotting a rebellion against the Han. In the autumn of the year 183 A.D., he had spread his followers over 36 Divisions. One of these Divisions was led by Ma Yuanyi, a Turban follower who had collected several ten thousand men in Jing and Yang provinces. Ma Yuanyi came in and out of the capital several times, he gained the support of the Regular Palace Attendants Feng Xu and Xu Feng, and they agreed on 3 April 184 A.D., for a coup at the inside and an attack from without.

Some time later Zhang Rang and some of his eunuchs were enfeoffed as marquises and treated with great favour. From this, the eunuchs became completely confident of their position, and they built themselves great houses that rivalled the imperial palace. When Feng Xu and Xu Feng were found out, however, the Emperor turned on his eunuch attendants and said:

"You people always said it was the men of faction who plotted rebellion, and you had me proscribe them from office and some of them were executed. But now it appears that the men of faction are servants of the state and it's you people that follow Zhang Jiao. Why shouldn't I have you beheaded?"

After this, Feng Xu and Xu Feng are not mentioned anymore in historical sources.