Chu Fu (Chinese: 楚服; pinyin: Chǔ Fú, died 130 BCE), was a Chinese Han dynasty occultist who was executed for witchcraft.
She is said to have tried to approach Empress Chen Jiao and teach her sorcery and love spells to get rid of a woman who was competing with Empress Chen for favor.[1][2] Alternately, some versions of the tale suggest that Empress Chen turned to sorcery for aid in conceiving, desperate to bear a son after 10 years of marriage.[citation needed] Still other versions present the accusations if witchcraft as largely an excuse to be rid of the Empress, to replace her with a different woman.[3]
When this supposed plot was discovered, Chen Jiao's husband Emperor Wu of Han ordered the imperial censor Zhang Tang to investigate. Zhang Tang's investigation found more than three hundred people who were implicated and executed.[1] Chu Fu[4] was publicly beheaded and her head hung up on public display. On the 14th day of the 7th month (Chinese calendar) Emperor Wu deposed the empress, confiscated her imperial seal, removed her title, and banished her to the Changmen Palace (長門宮).[1]
^ abcLee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue (2015-03-26). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-47590-3.
^Smith, Thomas Eric (1992). Ritual and the Shaping of Narrative: The Legend of the Han Emperor Wu. University of Michigan.
^Blanchard, Lara C. W. (2018-06-05). Song Dynasty Figures of Longing and Desire: Gender and Interiority in Chinese Painting and Poetry. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-36939-9.
^Ming, Hung, Hing (2020-05-01). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62894-418-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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