Dong Yu (董瑀) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Dong Yu as a family member and official. This record brings together 7 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 Yu	董瑀	Dong Yu
Surname	Dong	董
Surname	Dong	董	Dǒng
Personal name	Yu	瑀	Yu
Personal name	Yu	瑀	Yǔ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0072, xinwudaishi:019:s0039

Roles

Family Member
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 廣順三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 953
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:019:s0045, xinwudaishi:019:s0046
Source Date: Text: 廣順三年 · Western Year: AD 953
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:121:s0088
Source Date: Text: 時年十三 · Western Year: AD 927
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:019:s0040, xinwudaishi:019:s0037

Family

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Sibling of Dong Xuanzhi (董玄之)
Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Dong Ziming (董自明)
Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full
Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Virtuous Consort Dong (德妃董氏)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger sister · Object Role: elder brother · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: eldest brother / 長兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Birth Order: 1
Child of Dong Guangsi (董光嗣)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Dong Yuanzhi (董元之)
Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Label: Right Supporter of the Heir Apparent / 太子右贊善大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0046
Label: Left Supporter of the Heir Apparent / 左贊善大夫 · Action: retired-from
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0088

Events and relationships

Kind: search · Role: searcher · Action: sought-sister
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0039
Kind: marriage-arrangement · Role: arranger · Other Person Id: Virtuous Consort Dong (德妃董氏)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0041

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 121Volume 121 Book of Later Zhou 23: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 3 passages

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妃家悲念，其兄瑀諸處求訪，垂六七年。 Her family mourned her loss; her elder brother Yu searched for her everywhere for nearly six or seven years.

後潞將入官於朝，妃之鄉親頗有知者，瑀見潞將，欣歸之，時年十三。 Later, when the Lu commander came to court, townsfolk who knew her recognized her; Yu met the commander and brought her home in joy—she was thirteen.

妃長兄瑀，以左贊善大夫致仕，仲兄元之、季兄自明，皆累歷郡守。 Her eldest brother Yu had retired as Left Supporter of the Heir Apparent; her second brother Yuanzhi and youngest brother Ziming had each served repeatedly as prefect.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 4 passages

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居五六年，妃家悲思，其兄瑀求之人間，莫知所在。 Five or six years passed. Her family mourned and missed her; her elder brother Yu searched the world for her, but no one knew where she was.

潞將仕於京師，遇瑀，欣然歸之，時年十三。 The Luzhou commander was on duty in the capital when he met Yu and gladly gave her back; she was thirteen by then.

瑀以嫁里人劉進超，進超亦仕晉為內職。 Yu married her to a local man, Liu Jinchao, who also held an inner-court post under Jin.

妃兄三人：瑀官至太子右贊善大夫，玄之、自明皆至刺史。 She had three brothers: Yu rose to Right Supporter of the Heir Apparent in the Eastern Palace; Xuanzhi and Ziming both became regional inspectors.