Sima Fu 司馬孚

Sima Fu was the younger brother of Sima Lang. His elder brother Sima Lang died of illness at Juchao in the 22nd year of Jian'an (217) while on campaign against Wu. When Emperor Ming came to the throne, Sima Lang's son Yi (司馬遺) was enfeoffed as Marquis of Changwu Village, and Sima Fu also made his own son Sima Wang the heir of Sima Lang. When Yi died, Sima Wang's son Sima Hong succeeded him. Records, Wei 15 §26

In the 1st month of the 1st year of Jiaping (249), while the emperor had gone to pay his respects at the Gaoping Mausoleum, the Grand Tutor Sima Yi memorialized that the General-in-Chief Cao Shuang and his brothers be dismissed from office. In that memorial Sima Yi said that 'the Grand Commandant Jiang Ji, the Prefect of the Masters of Writing Sima Fu and others all held that Cao Shuang harbored disregard for his sovereign and that he and his brothers should not command troops or the palace guard, and petitioned the Yongning Palace,' and that the Empress Dowager had ordered that it be carried out as petitioned. Records, Wei 4 §28Records, Wei 9 §83

In the 3rd month of the 3rd year of Jiaping (251) he went from Prefect of the Masters of Writing to Minister of Works. That year the Grand Commandant Wang Ling plotted to depose the emperor and set up Cao Biao, Prince of Chu, was attacked by Sima Yi and killed himself in the 5th month; on the xinwei day of the 7th month Sima Fu was moved from Minister of Works to Grand Commandant. On the wuyin day of the same month Sima Yi died. Records, Wei 4 §32–33

In the 5th month of the 5th year of Jiaping (253), when Zhuge Ke, the Grand Tutor of Wu, besieged the New City of Hefei, an edict ordered the Grand Commandant Sima Fu to resist him. According to the biography of Guanqiu Jian, Guanqiu Jian resisted him together with Wen Qin, and when the Grand Commandant Sima Fu led the central army east and lifted the siege, Zhuge Ke withdrew. The Annals of the Three Young Emperors date Zhuge Ke's withdrawal to the 7th month of that year. Records, Wei 4 §35Records, Wei 28 §19

In the spring of the 2nd year of Zhengyuan (255), when Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin rebelled, some said that Sima Shi should not go in person but could send the Grand Commandant Sima Fu. Only Fu Gu and Wang Su urged him to go himself, and Sima Shi at last took the field. In the 8th month of that year, when Jiang Wei, the General-in-Chief of Shu, raided Didao and Wang Jing, Inspector of Yong Province, was heavily defeated, the court had Deng Ai and Chen Tai resist Jiang Wei, and on the wuchen day again sent the Grand Commandant Sima Fu as a follow-up force. Records, Wei 21 §95Records, Wei 4 §57

On the gengwu day of the 8th month of the 1st year of Ganlu (256) the title of Grand Commander was added to the General-in-Chief Sima Zhao, and on the guiyou day the Grand Commandant Sima Fu was made Grand Tutor. Records, Wei 4 §77

In the 5th month of the 5th year of Ganlu (260), when Cao Mao, the Duke of Gaogui Village, died, the Empress Dowager issued an order that he be buried with the rites of a commoner, following the precedent of the Prince of Changyi of the Han. On the gengyin day the Grand Tutor Sima Fu, together with the General-in-Chief Sima Zhao, the Grand Commandant Gao Rou and the Minister over the Masses Zheng Chong, bowed their heads to the ground. Saying that they had merely filled their posts and had failed to set right the disorder or check the treacherous revolt, they asked that grace be shown and that he be buried with the rites of a prince, and the Empress Dowager agreed. Records, Wei 4 §98 · 102–104

Chen Shou's main text does not record Sima Fu's courtesy name, birth or death, and he does not appear in the closing passage of the Annals of the Three Young Emperors, where Wei abdicates in favor of Jin. Records, Wei 15 §26Records, Wei 4 §150