Five Dynasties · Official

Dong Ziming 董自明

Attested AD 951 - AD 953

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Dong Ziming as an administrator and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Dong Ziming 董自明 Dong Ziming
Surname Dong
Surname Dong Dǒng
Personal name Ziming 自明 Ziming
Personal name Ziming 自明 Zìmíng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Dong Yu (董瑀)
    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: youngest brother / 季兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger
  • 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

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 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 1 passage