Overview
The translated histories identify Dong Zhongshu as an official, philosopher, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 47 passages from 16 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Dong Zhongshu | 董仲舒 | Dong Zhongshu |
| Surname | Dong | 董 | Dong |
| Personal name | Dong | Dong | |
| Surname | Dong | 董 | |
| Personal name | Dong Zhongshu | 董仲舒 | Dong Zhongshu |
| Personal name | Dong Zhongshu | 董仲舒 | Dǒng Zhòngshū |
| Personal | Dong Zhongshu | 董生 | Dong Sheng |
| Personal | Dong Zhongshu | 董仲舒 | Dǒng Zhòngshū |
| Alternate name | Mr. Dong | 董生 | Dǒng shēng |
| Alternate | Shu | 舒 | |
| Personal | Zhongshu | 仲舒 | Zhongshu |
| Personal name | Zhongshu | 仲舒 | Zhongshu |
| Given | Zhongshu | 仲舒 | Zhongshu |
| Given name | Zhongshu | 仲舒 | |
| Given | 仲舒 | Zhongshu | |
| Surname | 董 | Dong | |
| Title | 董生 | Dong Sheng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:068:s0119
Roles
- Official
- Philosopher
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: old-age · Place: at homeExplicit · hanshu:065:s0366
- Manner: unspecifiedExplicit · hanshu:026:s0243
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 仲舒不闚園 · Western Year: BC 140Strongly inferred · weishu:096:s0240
- Source Date: Text: 仲舒死後 · Western Interval: Start: BC 100 · End: BC 87Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:026:s0243, hanshu:026:s0244
- Source Date: Text: 元朔中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 128 · End: BC 123Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0110, hanshu:068:s0119
- Source Date: Text: 孝武之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0006, hanshu:101:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 武帝之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0040
- Source Date: Text: 武帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Strongly inferred · hanshu:026:s0223, hanshu:026:s0244
- Source Date: Text: 殇帝延平元年 · Western Year: AD 106Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 漢 · Western Interval: Start: BC 179 · End: BC 104Strongly inferred · liangshu:036:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 漢武之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 104Strongly inferred · houhanshu:032:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 漢興以來 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 100Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 漢興六十餘載 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:068:s0254, hanshu:068:s0258
- Source Date: Text: 董仲舒以为（延平元年陨石语境） · Western Year: AD 106Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0167, houhanshu:113:s0169
- Source Date: Text: 量交 · Western Year: c. BC 104Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0242
Career and standing
- palace grandee / 中大夫Explicit · hanshu:074:s0186
- Office: erudite / 博士Explicit · hanshu:065:s0003
- Office: Palace Grandee / 中大夫Explicit · hanshu:065:s0349
- Office: Chancellor of Jiaoxi / 膠西相 · Of Person Id: King of Jiaoxi (膠西王)Explicit · hanshu:065:s0357, hanshu:065:s0358
- Office: Chancellor of Jiangdu / 江都相 · Of Person Id: King Yi (易王)Explicit · hanshu:065:s0330
- Summary: Demoted to Palace GrandeeExplicit · hanshu:065:s0349
Places and affiliations
- Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0041
- Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0258
- Label: Western Han / 西汉 · Relation: active-inStrongly inferred · houhanshu:113:s0169
- Polity: Western Han · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:026:s0223
- Text: Han / 漢Explicit · hanshu:065:s0003, hanshu:065:s0007
- Place: Guangchuan / 廣川Explicit · hanshu:065:s0002
- Place: Jiaoxi / 膠西 · Relation: transferred-toExplicit · hanshu:068:s0119
Works and attributed material
- Summary: 123 essays plus Chunqiu discourses including Wenju, Jade Cup, Fanlu, Qingming, Bamboo GroveExplicit · hanshu:065:s0367, hanshu:065:s0368
- Work: policy memorials / 所言 · Relation: authorExplicit · hanshu:085:s0041
- Kind: interpretation · Role: speaker · Topic: meteorite omenExplicit · houhanshu:113:s0169
- Explicit · hanshu:026:s0223, hanshu:026:s0224, hanshu:026:s0225, hanshu:026:s0226, hanshu:026:s0227, hanshu:026:s0228, hanshu:026:s0229, hanshu:026:s0230, hanshu:026:s0231, hanshu:026:s0232, hanshu:026:s0233, hanshu:026:s0234, hanshu:026:s0235, hanshu:026:s0236, hanshu:026:s0237, hanshu:026:s0238, hanshu:026:s0239, hanshu:026:s0240, hanshu:026:s0241, hanshu:026:s0242
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: advised-agriculture-policy · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87
- Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Gongsun Hong (公孫弘)Explicit · houhanshu:032:s0004
- Type: teacher-of · Person Id: Lü Bushu (呂步舒)Explicit · hanshu:065:s0351
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: Confucian elegance (儒雅) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0258
- Assessment: interpreted meteorites as descending-from-on-high turning back downward · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒)Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0169
- Assessment: virtuous talent treated as dust when powerless · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source · Speaker Person Id: Liu Jun (劉峻)Explicit · liangshu:014:s0242, liangshu:014:s0243
References in the histories
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