Qin and Han · General

Dou Ying 竇嬰

Attested BC 154 - BC 154

Passages: 16
Chapters: 6
Histories: 3

Overview

The translated histories identify Dou Ying as an aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 16 passages from 6 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Dou Ying	竇嬰	Dou Ying
Surname	Dou	竇	Dou
Personal name	Dou Ying	竇嬰	Dou Ying
Personal name	Dou Ying	竇嬰	Dòu Yīng
Title	General	大將軍
Title	Grand General	大將軍	Da Jiangjun
Title	Grand General	大將軍
Title	Marquis of Weiqi	魏其侯
Given	Ying	嬰	Ying

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0059, liangshu:037:s0079, shiji:011:s0026
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:058:s0473
Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:101:s0107

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0059, shiji:011:s0026, shiji:011:s0029
Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0079
Source Date: Text: 吳楚反 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:101:s0107

Career and standing

Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · shiji:101:s0112
Label: General-in-chief / 大將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0059
Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:011:s0026
Grand General / 大將軍
Explicit · hanshu:044:s0146, hanshu:058:s0476
Title: Marquis of Weiqi / 魏其侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:011:s0029

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked rebels · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · hanshu:006:s0059
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: suppressed-rebellion · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: BC 154
Explicit · shiji:011:s0026
Relation: opponent-of · Person Id: Chao Cuo (晁錯)
Explicit · shiji:101:s0174
Type: feud-with · Person Id: Chao Cuo (晁錯)
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0399
Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Yuan Ang (袁盎)
Explicit · shiji:101:s0113
Type: ally-of · Person Id: Yuan Ang (袁盎)
Explicit · hanshu:058:s0477

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liangshu:037:s0079

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 1 passage

遣太尉亞夫、大將軍竇嬰將兵擊之。 He sent Grand Commandant Zhou Yafu and General Dou Ying to lead troops against the rebels.

Book of Han, Chapter 44Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu · 2 passages

遣曲周侯酈寄擊趙，將軍欒布擊齊，大將軍竇嬰屯滎陽監齊趙兵。 he ordered Li Ji of Qüzhou against Zhao, Luan Bu against Qi, and stationed Grand General Dou Ying at Xingyang to oversee the northern fronts.

初，吳楚反書聞，兵未發，竇嬰言故吳相爰盎。 At first, when word of the Wu-Chu revolt arrived but troops had not yet marched, Dou Ying mentioned the former chancellor of Wu, Yuan Ang.

Book of Han, Chapter 58Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 5 passages

人有告盎，盎恐，夜見竇嬰，為言吳所以反，願致前，口對狀。 Someone informed on Yuan Ang; terrified, he visited Dou Ying by night, explained why Wu had rebelled, and asked to be brought before the throne to testify in person.

嬰入言，上乃召盎。 Dou Ying reported to the throne, and the emperor summoned Yuan Ang.

上拜盎為泰常，竇嬰為大將軍。 The emperor named Yuan Ang Grand Master of Ceremonies and Dou Ying Grand General.

奏上，上令公卿、列侯、宗室雜議，莫敢難，獨竇嬰爭之，繇此與錯有隙。 The throne sent the proposal to a joint council; only Dou Ying objected—there the feud between them began.

會竇嬰言爰盎，詔召入見，上方與錯調兵食。 Dou Ying mentioned Yuan Ang; a summons brought him to court while Jing was still haggling over grain and battalions with Chao Cuo.

Book of Liang, Chapter 37Volume 37: Xie Ju; He Jingrong · 1 passage

昔竇嬰、楊惲亦得罪明時，不能謝絕賓客，猶交黨援，卒無後福，終益前禍。 Dou Ying and Yang Yun too offended a luminous court; unable to shut their doors to guests, they still traded on connections, and in the end won no blessing but deepened their fall.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 2 passages

上乃遣大將軍竇嬰、太尉周亞夫將兵誅之。 The emperor then sent Grand General Dou Ying and Grand Commandant Zhou Yafu to lead troops and suppress the rebellion.

封大將軍竇嬰為魏其侯。 He enfeoffed Grand General Dou Ying as the Marquis of Weiqi.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 5 passages

人有告袁盎者，袁盎恐，夜見竇嬰，為言吳所以反者，願至上前口對狀。 Someone warned Yuan Ang. Alarmed, Ang went to see Dou Ying that night. He explained the reasons for Wu's rebellion and expressed his wish to present his case in person before the Emperor.

竇嬰入言上，上乃召袁盎入見。 Dou Ying went in and spoke to the Emperor, who summoned Yuan Ang for an audience.

使袁盎為太常，竇嬰為大將軍。 The emperor made Yuan Ang Grand Master of Ceremonies and Dou Ying Grand General.

奏上，上令公卿列侯宗室集議，莫敢難，獨竇嬰爭之，由此與錯有卻。 When the memorial was submitted, the Emperor ordered the senior officials, marquises, and members of the imperial clan to deliberate. None dared object, except Dou Ying, who contested it. From this a rift grew between him and Cuo.

及竇嬰、袁盎進說，上令鼂錯衣朝衣斬東市。 When Dou Ying and Yuan Ang pressed their case, the Emperor ordered Chao Cuo beheaded in his court robes at the Eastern Market.