Dou Xian 窦宪

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0194, houhanshu:116:s0016, houhanshu:117:s0014, houhanshu:119:s0079, houhanshu:125:s0085

Roles

• Aristocrat
• Courtier
• General
• Official
• Royal Family Member

Family

• Sibling of Empress Dou (窦后)
  Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: sister
  Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
  Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Parentage: biological
• Kin of Emperor He (和帝)
  Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅 · Subject Role: maternal-uncle · Object Role: sister's-son · Line: maternal
• Sibling of Empress Gonghuai (恭怀皇后)
  Kinship Term: sibling / 兄/弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Line: maternal

• Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 2 · Note: brothers forced to suicide with him
  Strongly inferred · houhanshu:117:s0015
• Kinship Role: brothers · Note: 窦宪等 — Dou Xian and his brothers · Count: 2
  Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0079
• Kinship Role: brothers · Note: 诸弟 · Quantity: unknown
  Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0016

Career and standing

• Label: Chariots and Cavalry General / 车骑将军 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0085
• Label: Grand General / 大将军 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0195
• Label: office / 官 · Action: dismissed
  Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0079
• Label: General of Chariots and Cavalry / 车骑将军 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元元年 · Western Year: AD 89
  Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0194
• Label: Grand General / 大将军 · Action: promoted
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0086
• Status: forced-suicide · Action: entered
  Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0015
• Status: ranked-above-duke · Action: entered
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0086
• Status: sent-to-fief · Action: entered
  Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0079
• Status: ranked-below-duke · Action: held
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0085
• Label: dismissal from office / 免官 · Action: suffered
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0087
• Label: seizure of seals and ribbons / 收印绶 · Action: suffered
  Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0015

Events and relationships

• Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned-against-western-qiang
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0087
• Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned-against-xiongnu
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0085
• Kind: political · Role: regent-manager · Action: dominated-court · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 和帝永元元年 · Western Year: AD 89
  Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0016
• Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: further-merit-then-promoted-grand-general
  Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0086
• Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Ban Gu (班)
  Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0195
• Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Fu Yi (傅毅)
  Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0194
• Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Cui Yin (崔骃)
  Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0194

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment: fierce and cruel · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0016
• Assessment: headquarters literary brilliance capped the age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0196

Source notes

• Historicity: historical
  Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0079