Overview
Dong Zhongshu was a scholar and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 140 to BC 134 今陛下; 於是天子復冊之 (second and third Han court responses)Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 65, passages 163, 181, 210-211, 221
Career and standing
- court scholar answering imperial questions 承學對策之臣Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 163, 210, 221
- pardon of the servant's offense / leave to speak without being bound by form 寬臣之罪，令勿牽制於文Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 210
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 181, 210, 221
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · With Son of Heaven (天子) · Paraphrased · Extent s0163, s0164, s0165, s0166, s0167, s0168, s0169, s0170, s0171, s0172, s0173, s0174, s0175, s0176, s0177, s0178, s0179, s0180, s0181, s0182, s0183, s0184, s0185, s0186, s0187, s0188, s0189, s0190, s0191, s0192, s0193, s0194, s0195, s0196, s0197, s0198, s0199, s0200, s0201, s0202, s0203, s0204, s0205, s0206, s0207, s0208, s0209, s0210Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 163-210
Events and relationships
- Began a further written replyDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 221
- Urged founding the Imperial Academy and merit based recruitmentDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 190, 193, 205, 209
- Relation Respondent to · Person Son of Heaven (天子)Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 210-211, 221
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment speaks as a foolish servant (self-deprecation) · Mode self-report Speaker Dong Zhongshu (仲舒)Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passages 205, 210
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 221
References in the histories
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