Dou Jingyong (竇景庸)

Overview

The translated histories identify Dou Jingyong as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and historian. This record brings together 7 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Dou Jingyong	竇景庸	Dòu Jǐngyōng
Surname	Dou	竇	Dòu
Title	Duke of Chen State	陳國公
Given	Jingyong	景庸	Jǐngyōng
Title	military commissioner of Wuding Army	武定軍節度使
Title	Southern Court chancellor	南府宰相
Posthumous	Suxian	肅憲	Sùxiàn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:024:s0203, liaoshi:025:s0098
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:097:s0087

Roles

Administrator
Aristocrat
General
Historian
Judge
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大安九年 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1093
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0095

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大安初 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1085
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:097:s0091
Source Date: Text: 二年冬十月乙酉朔 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1086
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:024:s0203
Source Date: Text: 大安七年 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1091
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:097:s0094
Source Date: Text: 大安九年 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1093
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:097:s0095
Source Date: Text: 清寧中 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:097:s0089
Source Date: Text: 六年十一月 · Western Year: AD 1090
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:025:s0098
Source Date: Text: 咸雍六年 · Western Year: AD 1070
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:097:s0090

Family

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Child of Dou Zhen (竇振)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Parent of Dou Yu (竇瑜)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Military Governor of the Central Capital / 中京留守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大安七年 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1091
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0094
Label: proofreader of the Secretariat / 秘書省校書郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧中 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0089
Label: Academician of the Military Affairs Commission / 樞密直學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸雍六年 · Western Year: AD 1070
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0090
Label: administrator of Privy Council affairs / 知樞密院事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:024:s0203
Label: Defender Heir Apparent Grand Guardian / 太子太保 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0092
Label: Military Commissioner of Wuding Army / 武定軍節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0092
Label: Acting Deputy Deployer of the Han Imperial Camp / 知漢人行宮副部署事 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0090
Label: associate privy commissioner / 樞密副使 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:024:s0203
Label: supervisor of National History compilation / 監修國史 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0091
Label: Vice Director of the Court of the Imperial Treasury / 少府少監 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0089
Label: Vice Commissioner of the Southern Administration / 南院樞密副使 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大安初 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1085
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0091
Title: Duke of Chen State / 陳國公 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0091
Label: Meritous Minister of Shared Virtue / 同德功臣 · Action: granted
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0091

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:024:s0203, liaoshi:097:s0087
Place: Central Capital / 中京
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0087

Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清寧中 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Western Interval: Start: AD 1055 · End: AD 1064
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0089

Works and attributed material

Work: National History / 國史 · Relation: supervised-compilation
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0091

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: known for emptying prisons by fair adjudication · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0093
Assessment: worthy for adjudication of cases · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:097:s0086

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 24Volume 24 Annals 24: Daozong 4 · 1 passage

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冬十月乙酉朔，以樞密副使竇景庸知樞密院事。 On the yiyou new moon of the tenth winter month associate privy commissioner Dou Jingyong was made administrator of Privy Council affairs.

History of Liao, Chapter 25Volume 25 Annals 25: Daozong 5 · 1 passage

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己巳，以南府宰相竇景庸為武定軍節度使。 On jisi day Southern Court chancellor Dou Jingyong was made military commissioner of Wuding Army.

History of Liao, Chapter 97Volume 97 Biographies 27: Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, Yelu Xisun · 5 passages

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耶律斡特剌孩裏竇景庸耶律引吉楊績趙徽王觀耶律喜孫 Yelu Wotela, Hai Li, Dou Jingyong, Yelu Yinji, Yang Ji, Zhao Hui, Wang Guan, and Yelu Xisun

竇景庸，中京人，中書令振之子。 Dou Jingyong was a native of the Central Capital and the son of Director of the Department of State Affairs Dou Zhen.

大安初，遷南院樞密副使，監修國史，知樞密院事，賜同德功臣，封陳國公。 At the beginning of Da'an he was transferred to Vice Commissioner of the Southern Administration, supervised compilation of the National History, administered the Military Affairs Commission, was granted the merit title Meritous Minister of Shared Virtue, and was enfeoffed as Duke of Chen State.

九年薨，謚曰肅憲。 In the ninth year he died and was given the posthumous title Suxian.

若斡特剌之戰功，竇景庸之讞獄，楊績之忠告，亦賢矣夫。 As for Wotela's military achievements, Dou Jingyong's adjudication of cases, and Yang Ji's loyal counsel—they too were worthy men indeed.