Dong Guangye (董光業)

Overview

The translated histories identify Dong Guangye as a courtier, family member, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Dong Guangye	董光業	Dong Guangye
Surname	Dong	董	Dong
Given	Guangye	光業	Guangye

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Courtier
Family Member
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed with clan at Luoyang / 並斬於洛陽 · Place: Luoyang / 洛陽
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 933 · Western Year: AD 933
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Source Date: Text: 天成時 · Western Year: AD 926
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Source Date: Text: 長興元年 · Western Year: AD 930
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Family

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Child of Dong Zhang (董璋)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Kinship Role: clan · Note: executed together · Count: 1 · Quantity: entire clan
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Career and standing

Label: palace park commissioner / 宮苑使 · Action: held
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Li Qianhui (李虔徽)
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 5 passages

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又璋之子光業為宮苑使，在朝結托勢援，爭言璋之善，知祥之惡。 Zhang's son Guangye, palace park commissioner, cultivated powerful allies at court and ceaselessly praised his father while denouncing Zhixiang.

仍先與其子光業書曰：「朝廷割吾支郡為節制，屯兵三千，是殺我必矣。 He wrote first to his son Guangye: "The court has carved out my subordinate prefectures as a separate command and posted three thousand troops—that is a death sentence.

光業以書呈樞密承旨李虔徽。 Guangye presented the letter to Secretariat drafter Li Qianhui.

會朝廷再發中使荀鹹乂將兵赴閬州，光業謂虔徽曰：「鹹乂未至，吾父必反。 When the court again sent the inner envoy Gou Xianyi with troops to Langzhou, Guangye told Qianhui: "Before Xianyi arrives my father will rebel.

璋之子宮苑使光業並其族，並斬於洛陽。 Zhang's son Guangye, palace park commissioner, and his entire clan were executed at Luoyang.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 3 passages

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璋以書至京師告其子光業曰：「朝廷割我支郡，分建節髦，又以兵戍之，是將殺我也。 Zhang wrote to the capital and told his son Guangye: “The court has carved away my subordinate command, raised a new military governorship, and posted troops against me. They mean to kill me.

光業私以書示樞密承旨李虔徽，使白重誨，重誨不省。 Guangye quietly showed the letter to chief of military affairs Li Qianhui and had him warn Chonghui. Chonghui ignored it.

重誨又遣荀咸乂將兵益戍閬州，光業亟言以為不可，重誨不聽。 Chonghui also sent Xun Xianyi with more troops to Lang. Guangye pleaded that it must not be done. Chonghui would not listen.