Dexuan (德玄) | 24 Histories

Overview

Dexuan was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Gong	恭

Life and dates

Death

Age 69
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 250

Age

69
Reckoning Stated at death
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 250

Attested activity

AD 626 to AD 649 太宗時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
AD 665 to AD 666 贊圖封禪事
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passages 244-245
AD 605 to AD 618 隋大業中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 227
AD 649 to AD 683 高宗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
AD 617 to AD 618 高祖丞相府千牛
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
AD 664 麟德初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 243

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Zhao (照)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 228
Kin of Wei (威)
grandnephew 從孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 227
Sibling of Deming (德明)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 230
Child of Yan (彥)
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 229
Sibling of Deyuan (德遠)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 248

Career and standing

acting left chancellor 檢校左相
AD 664 麟德初 · Advanced
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 243
qianniu officer in Gaozu's chancellor's office 高祖丞相府千牛
First appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
vice director of the palace department 殿中少監
AD 649 to AD 683 高宗 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
censor-in-chief 御史大夫
AD 649 to AD 683 高宗 · Promoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
vice minister of revenue 司元太常伯
AD 649 to AD 683 高宗 · Transferred
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
Baron of Julu 钜鹿男
AD 665 to AD 666 贊圖封禪事 · Enfeoffed after division
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 248

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Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 光祿大夫
Posthumously awarded
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 250
military governor of You 幽州都督
Posthumously awarded
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 250
advanced two steps 進爵二級
AD 665 to AD 666 贊圖封禪事 · Advanced
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 247
Honored as
Old minister · Authority Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 227
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
AD 605 to AD 618 隋大業中
Organization Imperial Academy 國學 · Relation Student of
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 227

Learning and skills

AD 605 to AD 618 隋大業中
Institution Imperial Academy 國學 · Student
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 227

Events and relationships

Feng and shan
AD 665 to AD 666 贊圖封禪事 · Ritual · Planner and envoy · With Li Ji (李勣)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 244
Praised and rewarded for integrity
AD 664 麟德初 · Ritual · Subject · With Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 243
Requested split enfeoffment for brother
AD 665 to AD 666 贊圖封禪事 · Political · Petitioner · With Deyuan (德遠)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 248
Unable to answer about Diqiu
AD 665 to AD 666 贊圖封禪事 · Scholarly · Addressee · At Puyang 濮陽
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 245

Assessments and attributes

Assessment diligent in duty and austere · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 243
Assessment kept in step with the times and never transgressed, yet made no other contribution · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 249
Assessment magnanimous; did not take offense at Jingzong's boasting · Mode named-source-report Witness the multitude
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 246
Assessment not greatly prominent through Taizong's reign · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 241
AD 664 麟德初
Item imperial grants and gifts 賜賚 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 243

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 20: Gao Jian and Fifth Generation Descendents: Gao Zhong, Dou Weizhi, Douzhi, Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Dou Kang, Dou Jing, Dou Dan, Dou Zhi, Dou Congsun: Dou Dexuan · 8 passages

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從孫德玄 Grandnephew — Dexuan

威從孫德玄，隋大業中，起家國學生。 Dexuan, grandnephew of Wei, entered service during Sui Daye as a student of the Imperial Academy.

德玄始為高祖丞相府千牛，曆太宗時不甚顯，高宗以舊臣，自殿中少監為御史大夫，歲中遷司元太常伯。 Dexuan began as a qianniu imperial bodyguard in Gaozu's chancellor's office and remained relatively obscure through Taizong's reign. Honoring him as an old minister, Gaozong raised him from vice director of the palace department to censor-in-chief and within a year moved him to vice minister of revenue.

帝次濮陽，問古謂帝丘，德玄不能對，許敬宗具道其然，帝稱善。 Stopping at Puyang, the emperor asked whether the place had anciently been called Diqiu. Dexuan could not answer, but Xu Jingzong explained the matter in full, and the emperor approved.

敬宗自矜於人，德玄知，不為忤，眾服其量。 Jingzong habitually flaunted his knowledge before others. Dexuan understood this yet never took umbrage, and all admired his magnanimity.

以弟德遠未及爵，願分封，詔可，故德玄封钜鹿男，德遠樂安男。 Because his younger brother Deyuan had not yet received a title, Dexuan asked to split his enfeoffment. The emperor assented: Dexuan became baron of Julu, Deyuan baron of Le'an.

德玄迎時取合，未嘗有過，然無它補益。 Dexuan kept in step with the times and never gave offense, yet offered no further service of note.

卒，年六十九，贈光祿大夫，幽州都督，諡曰恭。 He died at sixty-nine and was posthumously made grand master of splendid happiness and military governor of You, posthumously titled Gong.