Qin and Han · Writer and Official

Du Du 杜笃

Died AD 78

Passages
13
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Du Du as a military officer, official, poet, and scholar. This record brings together 13 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Du Du 杜笃 Du Du
Surname Du Du
Courtesy Jiya 季雅 Jiya

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Poet
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: killed-in-battle · Place: Shegu Mountain / 射姑山 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建初三年 · Western Year: AD 78

Attested activity

Family

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  • Descendant of Du Yannian (杜延年)
    Generation Distance: 4 · Line: paternal · Kinship Term: high ancestor / 高祖
    Generation Distance: 4 · Line: paternal · Kinship Term: high ancestor / 高祖
  • Descendant of Xin Wuxian (辛武贤)
    Generation Distance: 4 · Line: maternal · Kinship Term: maternal high ancestor / 外高祖
    Generation Distance: 4 · Line: maternal · Kinship Term: maternal high ancestor / 外高祖
  • Child of Father of Du Du (杜笃父)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Mother of Du Du (杜笃母)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal
  • Parent of Du Shuo (杜硕)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Sibling of Younger sister of Du Du (杜笃女弟)
    Kinship Term: younger sister / 女弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
    Kinship Term: younger sister / 女弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

  • Label: Senior Attendant / 从事中郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建初三年 · Western Year: AD 78
  • Label: Literary Instructor / 文学掾 · Action: held
  • Status: remitted-punishment · Action: received

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: defendant · Action: arrested-and-sent-to-capital
  • Kind: literary · Role: author · Action: composed-dirge-for-Wu-Han
  • Kind: military · Role: officer · Action: died-in-battle · Place: Shegu Mountain / 射姑山 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建初三年 · Western Year: AD 78

Assessments and attributes

  • Kind: illness · Statement: eye disease keeping him from the capital over twenty years

Source notes

  • Statement: authored eighteen works including fu, dirges, condolences, letters, encomia, and miscellaneous prose

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 13 passages