Su Fengji
Su Fengji (蘇逢吉) (died January 2, 951''Zizhi Tongjian'', :zh:s:資治通鑑/卷289, vol. 289.Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter
) was a chancellor of Tang Dynasty, chancellor of the History of China, Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Han (Five Dynasties), Later Han. He was historically described as cruel and greedy. He committed suicide when Later Han's emperor Liu Chengyou (Emperor Yin) was killed while trying to battle the general Guo Wei's rebellion.

Background

It is not known when Su Fengji was born. He was said to be from Chang'an, but as his father Su Yue () was said to be at one time an honored official for "Shu" — probably Former Shu rather than Later Shu — it is not completely clear whether he was born there. His mother died early, and for q ...
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Zizhi Tongjian
''Zizhi Tongjian'' () is a pioneering reference work in Chinese historiography, published in 1084 AD during the Northern Song dynasty in the form of a chronicle recording Chinese history from 403 BC to 959 AD, covering 16 dynasties and spanning almost 1400 years. The main text is arranged into 294 scrolls (''juan'' , equivalent to a chapter) totaling about 3 million Chinese characters. In 1065 AD, Emperor Yingzong of Song commissioned his official Sima Guang (1019–1086 AD) to lead a project to compile a universal history of China, and granted him funding and the authority to appoint his own staff. His team took 19 years to complete the work and in 1084 AD it was presented to Emperor Yingzong's successor Emperor Shenzong of Song. It was well-received and has proved to be imm