Overview
Dou Xian was a general and Imperial In-Law.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 89 to AD 92 是時，憲征匈奴Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passages 287, 290
Family
- Sibling of Dou Du (竇篤)younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 290
- Sibling of Dou Jing (竇景)younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 290
Career and standing
- Grand General 大將軍HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 287
- outer kin / imperial in-law 外戚Imperial in lawDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 287
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 33, passage 287
- At court assembly 朝會 · Relation Present atDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 291
Events and relationships
- Campaigned against the Xiongnu at public expenseAD 89 to AD 92 是時，憲征匈奴 · Military · Commander · At Xiongnu frontier 匈奴Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 290
- Framed Zhi Shou over buying public land and slander and sought his executionDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 292
- Sent a follower with a letter soliciting favor from Zhi ShouDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 288
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment arrogant, self-indulgent, and illegally extravagant · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 289-290
- Assessment overshadowed the realm by in-law favor · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 287
- Item mansions 第宅 · Relation BuiltDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 290
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 287
References in the histories
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