Overview
Dong Zhongshu was a scholar and Teacher.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal name | Dong | Dong |
Life and dates
Death
- UnspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 243
- lived until death without managing property, devoted to scholarship and writingDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 194
Attested activity
- BC 141 今上即位Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 179
- BC 141 to BC 87 今上時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 182-183, 186, 191, 193
- BC 140 仲舒不闚園Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 96, passage 240
- BC 100 to BC 87 仲舒死後Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 26, passages 243-244
- BC 128 to BC 123 元朔中Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 68, passages 110, 119
- BC 140 to BC 104 卒用董仲舒Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 200-201, 206
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- BC 157 to BC 141 孝景時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 176
- BC 141 to BC 87 孝武之世Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 101, passages 6-7
- BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時Strongly inferred · Book of Han 26, passages 223, 244
- BC 179 to BC 104 漢Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 36, passage 9
- BC 200 to BC 100 漢興以來Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 85, passage 41
- BC 141 to BC 87 漢興六十餘載Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 68, passages 254, 258
- BC 140 自是之后Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 32, 37
- BC 140 to BC 104 董生下帷，发藻儒林Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 259
- c. BC 104 量交Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 14, passage 242
Family
- Kinship Role grandsons · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 206
- Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 206
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 121 Biographies of Confucian Scholars 17 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 26 Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 68 Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 101 Volume 89: Upright Officials 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 85 Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji 1 passage
Career and standing
- Chancellor of Jiangdu 江都相BC 141 今上即位 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 179
- Chancellor to the King of Jiaoxi 相膠西王BC 141 to BC 87 今上時 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 191-192
- erudite 博士BC 157 to BC 141 孝景時 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 176
- Palace Grandee 中大夫BC 141 to BC 87 今上時 · DemotedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 182
- Dismissed from chancellorshipBC 141 to BC 87 今上時 · DismissalDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 182
- Relieved for illnessBC 141 to BC 87 今上時 · ResignationDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 193
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- imperial pardon 詔赦Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 186
- sentenced to death 當死Death sentence · SentencedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 186
Places and affiliations
- Han 漢Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 41
- Western Han 漢Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 258
- Polity Western Han · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 223
- Polity Han 汉 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 259
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 175, 195
- Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 200-201
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- At Guangchuan 廣川Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 175
- BC 141 今上即位At Jiangdu 江都 · Relation Posted toDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 179
- At Jiaoxi 膠西 · Relation Transferred toDirectly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 119
- At Zhao 趙 · Relation Active inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 37
- Organization Confucian scholarly community 儒林 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 259
- Organization Gongyang school 公羊氏 · Relation Transmitter ofDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 195
Learning and skills
- Subject Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 176, 195
- Skill Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 · Level authoritative-teacherDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 200-201
Works and attributed material
- books and scholarship 修學著書Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 194
- policy memorials 所言Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Han 85, passage 41
- Record of Portents and Anomalies 災異之記Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 182
- Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋Relation TransmittedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 37
- composed record of anomalies after demotionNarrative action · AgentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 182
- yin-yang rain methodsNarrative action · AgentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 180-181
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- Narrative · Teacher referencedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 204-205
- Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Wu (武帝)Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passages 223-242
Events and relationships
- Advised agriculture policyStrongly inferred · Book of Han 26, passages 223, 225, 244
- Ceased speaking of portentsIntellectual · SubjectDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 187
- Controlled rain by yin yangRitual cosmology · PractitionerDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 180-181
- Let down his curtain and sent brilliance through the Confucian groveScholarly · TeacherDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 259
- Taught behind curtainsTeaching · TeacherDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 177
- Writings seized and presentedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 183
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- Relation Teacher of · Person Chu Da (褚大)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 201
- Relation Teacher of · Person Lu Bushu (呂步舒)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 185, 201
- Relation Teacher of · Person Yin Zhong (殷忠)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 201
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment alone renowned for mastery of Spring and Autumn Annals across five Han reigns · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 195
- Assessment Confucian elegance (儒雅) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 258
- Assessment Gongsun Hong was a sycophant · With Gongsun Hong (公孫弘) · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 190
- Assessment integrity and forthright character · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 188
- Assessment scholars revered him as master · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 178
- Assessment virtuous talent treated as dust when powerless · Mode quoted-source Speaker Liu Jun (劉峻)Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passages 242-243
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- In every gesture he would do nothing not in accord with ritual proprietyConductDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 178
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 37, 175
- Among his proficient disciples, some rose to appointed grandee; those serving as Gentlemen, Ushers, or Keepers of Precedents numbered in the hundreds.Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 204-205
- For three years he never once glanced at his own gardenDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 177
- His sons and grandsons all attained high office through scholarship.Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 206
- never concerned himself with acquiring property or business until deathDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 194
References in the histories
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