Fei Yi
| Fei Yi | |
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| Politician and regent of Shu Han | |
| Born | (Unknown) |
| Died | 253 |
| Names | |
| Traditional Chinese | 費禕 |
| Simplified Chinese | 费祎 |
| Pinyin | Fèi Yī |
| Wade–Giles | Fei I |
| Courtesy name | Wenwei (traditional Chinese: 文偉; simplified Chinese: 文伟; pinyin: Wénwěi; Wade–Giles: Wen-wei) |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Jing (Chinese: 敬侯; pinyin: Jìng Hóu; Wade–Giles: Ching Hou) |
Fei Yi (died 253), courtesy name Wenwei, was a politician and regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. He succeeded Jiang Wan as the Shu regent and avoided a major expedition against Shu's rival state Cao Wei. Like his two predecessors Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wan, Fei was considered extremely talented, his regency focused more on a prosperous domestic policy and overall defensive foreign policy. It remains dubious if the Wei government did send an assassin to kill Fei Yi, but the latter was indeed murdered by Guo Xun, a former Wei subject. Fei Yi's successor, Jiang Wei, was only given control over military affairs, where civil affairs were dominated first by Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan and then the emperor's favourite eunuch Huang Hao.
Fei Yi was from Jiangxia Commandery (in present-day eastern Hubei). His father died when he was still young and he was raised by his distant relative Fei Boren (費伯仁), who was a cousin of the warlord Liu Zhang, who controlled Yi Province (present-day Sichuan and Chongqing). Sometime around 211, Liu Zhang sent messengers to escort Fei Boren to his domain, and Fei Yi joined the former as a foreign student in Yi Province. Fei remained in Yi Province after Liu Bei conquered it in 214. He was comparable with Xu Shulong (許叔龍) and Dong Yun, who were his close friends and scholars in Sichuan.
After Liu Bei declared himself emperor in 221 and made Liu Shan crown prince, both Fei Yi and Dong Yun became Liu Shan's servants. When Liu Shan succeeded to the throne in 223, Fei was only made a Gentleman of the Yellow Gate, despite his intimate relation with the new emperor. When the regent Zhuge Liang returned from his southern subjugation, many officials offered several tens of li to buy him off; however, Zhuge Liang asked Fei Yi, rather than any of those with higher posts, to take a ride with him. Zhuge Liang's action surprised many, and they changed their opinion of Fei Yi because of it.
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