Dong Bian (董弅) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Dong Bian as an official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Dong Bian	董弅	Dong Bian
Personal	Bian
Personal		弅

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:107:s0130

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 紹興五年 · Western Year: AD 1135
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0130

Career and standing

Label: Supervising Secretary in the Ministry of Personnel / 吏部員外郎 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:107:s0130

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: true
Explicit · songshi:107:s0130, songshi:107:s0131, songshi:107:s0132, songshi:107:s0133, songshi:107:s0134, songshi:107:s0135, songshi:107:s0136, songshi:107:s0137, songshi:107:s0138, songshi:107:s0139, songshi:107:s0140, songshi:107:s0141, songshi:107:s0142, songshi:107:s0143

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 2 passages

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五年，吏部員外郎董弅言：「臣聞戎、祀，國之大事，而宗廟之祭，又祀之大者也。 In the fifth year, Dong Bian, supervising secretary in the Ministry of Personnel, stated: "I have heard that military affairs and sacrifices are great affairs of state, and ancestral temple sacrifice is the greatest among sacrifices.

太常寺丞王普又言：「弅所奏深得禮意，而其言尚有未盡。 Assistant Director Wang Pu of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices further stated: "Bian's memorial deeply accords with ritual intent, yet does not go far enough.