Feng Yanlu () (died 972?), also known as Feng Mi (),

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Shuwen (), was an official of the

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, and briefly of Southern Tang's northern neighbor

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Background

It is not known when Feng Yanlu was born, but as his older half-brother

Feng Yanji Feng Yanji () (per the '' Zizhi Tongjian' Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 283. and the ''History of Song'History of Song'', vol. 478.) or Feng Yansi () (per the '' New History of the Five Dynasties' New History of the Five Dynasties'', vol. 62. a ...

was born in 903, he must have been born after. His birth location was likewise uncertain, but whereas Feng Yanji was described as "from Guangling" (廣陵, in modern

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) in Feng Yanji's biography in the ''