Du adoptive father (杜氏養父)

Overview

Du adoptive father was a Family Member.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 900 to AD 910 汴州富人杜氏得之
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 255

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Yanqiu (王晏球)
raised as a son 養以為子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 255

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 46Volume 46 Miscellaneous Biographies 26: Zhao Zaili, Huo Yanwei, Fang Zhiwen, Wang Yanqiu, An Zhongba, Wang Jianli, Kang Fu, Guo Yanlu · 1 passage

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少遇亂，為盜所掠，汴州富人杜氏得之，養以為子，冒姓杜氏。 As a boy he met disorder, was seized by bandits, and was taken by the wealthy Du family of Bianzhou, who raised him as a son under the surname Du.