Overview
Du Hong was a general and Aristocrat.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- AD 905 先是Killed · Cause Captured after Wuchang fell to Huai forcesDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 195
Attested activity
- AD 903 to AD 905 先是Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 190, 195
Family
- Kinship Role sons and clan kindred · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 197
Career and standing
- Concurrent Secretariat Director 兼中書令HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 189
- Military Governor of the Wuchang Army 武昌軍節度使HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 189
- Grand Tutor 太傅AD 908 十二月辛亥 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 189, 197
- Prince of Xiping 西平王HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 189
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 189, 197
- At Ezhou 鄂渚 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 190
Events and relationships
- Besieged and begged for reliefMilitary · Defender · At Ezhou 鄂渚Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 190
- Posthumously honored and kin employedAD 908 十二月辛亥 · Ritual · HonoreeDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 189, 197
- Wuchang fell after years of siege without reliefMilitary · DefenderDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 195
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment died loyal in royal service · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 196
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 189
References in the histories
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