Du (adoptive father of Wang Yanqiu) (杜氏)

Overview

Du (adoptive father of Wang Yanqiu) was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 900 to AD 910 汴人杜氏畜之為子
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 47

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Yanqiu (王晏球)
adopted as a son 畜之為子 · Adoptive parentage
took him in as a son 畜之為子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 47

Places and affiliations

At Bian 汴
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 47

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64 Book of Later Tang 40: Biographies 16: Hou Yanwei, Wang Yanqiu, Dai Siyuan, Zhu Hanbin, Kong Qing, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu · 1 passage

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少遇亂，為蔡賊所掠，汴人杜氏畜之為子，因冒姓杜氏。 As a boy he was caught up in the chaos and seized by Cai bandits; a Bian man surnamed Du adopted him, and he took the Du surname.