Sui and Tang · Official and Imperial Son-in-Law

Du Cong 杜悰

Attested AD 821 - AD 873

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Cong was an official and Imperial Son-in-Law.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 821 to AD 873 唐朝駙馬都尉杜悰位極將相
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 250

Career and standing

Chief Commandant for Consorts of the Emperor 駙馬都尉
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 250

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐朝 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 250

Assessments and attributes

Assessment reached the summit of general and minister and lived in imperial luxury · Mode hearsay Witness Person Id Yan (岩)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 250

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 250

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14 Book of Later Liang 14: Biographies 4: Luo Shaowei, Zhao Chou, Wang Ke · 1 passage

又以身尚公主，聞唐朝駙馬都尉杜悰位極將相，以服禦飲饌自奉，務極華侈，岩恥其不及。 As a princess's husband he heard Tang son-in-law Du Cong lived in imperial luxury to the rank of chief minister and was ashamed to fall short.