Sui and Tang · Official and Scholar

Dou Qun 竇群

Attested AD 779 - AD 820

Passages
13
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Dou Qun as an administrator, official, and scholar. This record brings together 13 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Dou Qun 竇群 Dou Qun
Courtesy Danlie 丹列 Danlie
Surname Dou Dou
Given Qun Qun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died on the road while recalled / 卒於行 · Age: Value: 55 · Reckoning: sui

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 德宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 779 · End: AD 805
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0008
  • Source Date: Text: 憲宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 805 · End: AD 820
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0028
  • Source Date: Text: 憲宗立 · Western Year: AD 805
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0019

Family

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  • Sibling of Dou Ku (竇庠)
    Kinship Term: brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Sibling of Dou Chang (竇常)
    Kinship Term: brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Sibling of Dou Mou (竇牟)
    Kinship Term: brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Sibling of Dou Gong (竇鞏)
    Kinship Term: brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Child of Dou Shuxiang (竇叔向)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Mother of Dou Qun (竇群母)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 4 · Label: elder brothers Chang and Mou and younger brothers Ku and Gong / 兄常、牟,弟庠、鞏

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: not-earned · Negated: true · Note: brothers earned; he alone remained a retired scholar

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: harsh, willful, swift to settle scores · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 13 passages