Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒)

Overview

Dong Zhongshu was a scholar and Official.

Label old age · Reckoning Unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 366

BC 126 to BC 115 使使者及廷尉張湯就其家而問之
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 65, passage 362
BC 135 to BC 131 先是遼東高廟、長陵高園殿災
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 65, passages 350, 352
BC 141 to BC 134 對既畢，天子以仲舒為江都相
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 65, passages 330, 363-364
BC 120 to BC 104 年老，以壽終於家
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 65, passage 366
BC 124 to BC 121 弘希世用事，位至公卿
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 65, passages 354, 357, 359

Kinship Role grandsons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 366
Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 366

chancellor of Jiangdu 江都相
BC 141 to BC 134 對既畢，天子以仲舒為江都相 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 330
chancellor to the king of Jiaoxi 膠西相
BC 124 to BC 121 弘希世用事，位至公卿 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 357-358
Palace Grandee 中大夫
Demoted
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 349
Left office and returned home
Retirement
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 361
Resigned pleading illness
Resignation
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 359
Handed to clerks
Arrested · Authority Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 352

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Liable for death
Capital sentence
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 352
Pardoned by edict
Pardon · Authority Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 352

Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 330, 354
BC 120 to BC 104 年老，以壽終於家
At Maoling 茂陵 · Relation Household moved to
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 366

writings clarifying the classics, memorials, and itemized teachings 明經術之意及上疏條教
Count 123 · Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 367
Bamboo Grove 竹林
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 368
Jade Cup 玉杯
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 368
Luxuriant Dew 蕃露
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 368
Qingming 清明
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 368
Wenju 聞舉
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 368

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Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
Relation Interpreter
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 347, 354, 368
Exalted Kong and dismissed hundred schools
Policy answers · Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 364
Oral reply · Speaker · With King Yi (易王) · Direct quotation · Units s0336, s0337, s0338, s0339, s0340, s0341, s0342, s0343, s0344, s0345 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 336-345

Answered court inquiries at home
Scholarly · Consultant · With Zhang Tang (張湯)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 362
Ceased speaking on portents
Scholarly · Subject · Negated false
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 352
Drafted portent interpretation
Scholarly · Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 350
Originated school officials and xiaolian recommendations
Institutional · Proposer
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 365
Served two kingdoms
Administrative · Chancellor · With King Yi (易王), King of Jiaoxi (膠西王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 360
Set right with ritual
Administrative · Corrector · With King Yi (易王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 332

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Sought rain and stopped rain
Ritual · Officiant · At Jiangdu 江都
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 347-348
Submitted memorials
Political · Remonstrant
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 360, 367
Relation Teacher of · Person Lü Bushu (呂步舒)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 351
Relation Rival of · Person Gongsun Hong (公孫弘)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 355
Relation Served · Person King Yi (易王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 330, 332

Assessment first among Confucian scholars after Qin destroyed learning · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Liu Xin (劉歆)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 375
Assessment incorrupt and straight · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 353
Assessment ranking him with Yi Yin and Lü Wang and above Guan Zhong and Yan Ying is excessive · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Liu Xin (劉歆)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 376
Assessment talent to assist a true king, not surpassed by Yi Yin and Lü Wang · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Liu Xiang (劉向)
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 370
Item draft interpretation of the temple fires 草稿 · Relation Authored and had stolen
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 350

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 330
to the end he did not inquire into household estates and enterprises
Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 361