Pu Shou Geng - Hojuko

Dates of birth and death unknown. A Muslim from the Western Regions who served as the Chief Minister of Quanzhou for 30 years at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty in China. He moved to Quanzhou from Guangzhou when his father Pu Kaizong was born. Together with his older brother Pu Shousei, he cooperated with the authorities and became the Chief Minister around 1245-46 for their achievements in repelling pirates that attacked Quanzhou. As the Chief Minister of the Bureau of Trade, which was responsible for taxation, public purchases, and control of trade in the South Seas, he received great perks from the position. Bureau of Trade officials entrusted their personal assets to their agents, who engaged in trade aboard South Seas trading ships, and collaborated widely in sharing the profits at a fixed rate. The Pu brothers accumulated wealth through these public and private profits and formed a local power. The Southern Song Dynasty, which was trying to recover its position in Fujian, and the Yuan Dynasty, which was trying to pacify the Southeast, both looked to the Pu brothers for help, but Pu Shougeng sided with the latter and contributed to the Yuan Dynasty's conquest. He also sent envoys to the South China Sea countries on the orders of Kublai Khan (reigned 1260-1294) to encourage them to pay tribute, achieving some success.

[Keishiro Sato]

"The Story of Pu Shougen" by Kuwahara Jyutsou (1935, Iwanami Shoten)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

生没年不詳。中国、南宋(なんそう)末に、30年にわたって泉州の提挙市舶(しはく)の職にあった西域(せいいき)人のイスラム教徒。その父蒲開宗のとき広州より泉州に移住した。その兄蒲寿宬(ほじゅせい)とともに官憲に協力し、泉州を襲った海賊を撃退した功により1245～46年ころ提挙市舶となる。南海貿易に関する課税、公買、統制を総括する市舶司の長官である提挙市舶は、官職に伴う多大の役得を得た。市舶司の官吏は自己の代理人に私財を委託し、南海貿易船に便乗して取引に従事させ、収益を一定率で分配する協業を広く行った。蒲氏兄弟はこの公私にわたる営利により財を積み、地方勢力を形成した。福建において大勢の挽回(ばんかい)を図る南宋と、東南の平定を目ざす元(げん)は、ともに蒲氏兄弟の助力を期待したが、蒲寿庚は後者に加担し、元の制覇に貢献した。さらに元の世祖フビライ（在位1260～94）の命を奉じて南海諸国に通貢を勧める使者を派遣し、若干の成果をあげている。

［佐藤圭四郎］

『桑原隲蔵著『蒲寿庚の事蹟』（1935・岩波書店）』

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