Sui and Tang · Official and Writer

Dou Chang 竇常

Attested AD 766 - AD 779

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Dou Chang as an official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Dou Chang 竇常 Dou Chang
Courtesy Zhongxing 中行 Zhongxing

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大歷中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 766 · End: AD 779
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0036

Family

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Career and standing

  • Label: Director of the Directorate of Education / 國子祭酒 · Action: held

Learning and skills

  • Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大歷中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 766 · End: AD 779

Works and attributed material

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 3 passages