Dou Rong 竇融

Other names

Family

• Ancestor of Dou Wu (竇武)
  fourth-generation descendant 玄孫 · paternal line · 4 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 1

Career and standing

• Grand General of Hexi 河西大將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 9
• grand minister of works 大司空
  AD 43 建武十九年 · Held
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 22
• Grand Minister of Works 大司空
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 91
• Great General of Hexi 河西大將軍
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 152
• Became
  Great clan · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 262

Places and affiliations

• Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 91
• Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 76, passage 1; Book of Jin 129, passage 117
• Polity Eastern Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 152
• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 10
• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 84, passage 219
• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Submitted to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 262

Works and attributed material

• Deliberation · Speaker · With Dai She (戴涉) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passages 22-23

Events and relationships

• Earnestly declined to sit above old ministers
  AD 25 to AD 36 竇融殷勤固讓 · Political · Exemplar · Mode speech Speaker Zhang Gou (張構)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 117
• Led troops to join the imperial campaign
  AD 32 建武八年夏 · Military · Commander · With Emperor Guangwu (光武帝)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 39, passage 12
• Submitted Hexi to Han
  AD 29 昔竇融以河右歸漢 · Political · Submitter · At Hexi 河右 · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 262
• Relation Predecessor of · Person Zhu Fu (朱浮)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 91
• Relation Superior of · Person Wang Long (王隆)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 142
• Relation Patron of · Person Ban Biao (班彪)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 152

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment became a great clan after submitting Hexi to Han · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 262

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 40, passage 2; Book of Jin 129, passage 117; New Book of Tang 84, passage 219