Fa Xiong (died c. 110s), courtesy name Wenjiang, was a Chinese politician who lived in the Eastern Han dynasty and served during the reign of Emperor An.
He was the great-grandfather of Fa Zheng, a chief adviser to the warlord Liu Bei, who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms era.
During the reign of Emperor Xuan in the Western Han dynasty, Tian Fazhang's descendants were relocated to the capital province and granted a hereditary official position with an income of 2,000 dan (石) of grain.
Bao De (鮑得), the Administrator (太守) of Nanyang Commandery (南陽郡), reported Fa Xiong's achievements to the imperial court.
[2] In 109, during the reign of Emperor An, the pirate Zhang Bolu (張伯路) donned military attire, declared himself 'General' (將軍), and led some 3,000 followers to raid the regions near the coast in present-day eastern Shandong and kill the officials there.
[3] The imperial court commissioned Wang Zong (王宗) to mobilise thousands of government troops in You and Ji provinces to counter Zhang Bolu's rebel army.
Fa Xiong was appointed as the Inspector (刺史) of Qing Province and was ordered to assist Wang Zong in suppressing the revolt.
In Liaodong, Li Jiu (李乆) led a militia to assist Fa Xiong's army and they eliminated the remaining rebels.
[6] Fa Xiong served in Qing Province for four years before he was reassigned to be the Administrator of Nan Commandery (南郡; around present-day Jingzhou, Hubei), which covered Yunmeng Lake (雲夢澤) and part of the Han River.
During the Yongchu era (107–114) in the reign of Emperor An, there were numerous incidents of people in Nan Commandery being attacked by predatory animals such as tigers and wolves.