Ancient China · Statesman

Dou Ziwen 斗子文

Attested BC 600

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dou Ziwen was a statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 600 昔斗子文有言
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 92, passage 296

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 296

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 92Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 · 1 passage

像曰：「昔斗子文有言：『我乃逃禍，非避富也。』 He quoted Dou Ziwen: 'I shed wealth to dodge disaster, not because I scorn riches.