Overview
Dongming was a ruler.
Life and dates
Birth
- After imprisonment of mother; mother attributed conception to heavenly qi · Mode quotation Speaker Mother of Dongming (東明之母)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 45-46
Attested activity
- legendary antiquityDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 46, 51
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Dongming (東明之母)mother 母 · maternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 46, 49
Career and standing
- king of Puyŏ 夫餘王AssumedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 51
Places and affiliations
- Polity Puyŏ 夫餘 · Relation Founded and ruledDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 51
- At Yanhuai River 掩淲水 · Relation Fled toDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 51
Learning and skills
- Skill archery 射 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 50
Events and relationships
- Became kingPolitical · Founder · At Puyŏ 夫餘Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 51
- Crossed on fish and turtlesMiraculous · Subject · At Yanhuai River 掩淲水Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 51
- Fled southFlight · SubjectDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 51
- Named DongmingNaming · SubjectDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 49
- Survived horse corralPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 48
- Survived pigstyPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 47
Source notes
- Historicity legendaryDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 45, 47, 51
References in the histories
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