Sui and Tang · Scholar and Official

Dexiu 德秀

Attested AD 740 - AD 754

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dexiu was a scholar and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 740 to AD 754 德秀以德
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 194, passage 294

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 194, passage 294

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exemplary by virtue; aims contended with autumn frost in severity; a true man · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 294

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 294

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 194Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct · 1 passage

德秀以德，城以鯁峭，圖知命，其志凜凜與秋霜爭嚴，真丈夫哉！ Dexiu by virtue, Cheng by blunt integrity, Tu by knowing fate—their aims contended with autumn frost in severity; true men indeed!