Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Du Hongjian 杜鴻漸

Dù Hóngjiān

First attested AD 756; died AD 765

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Hongjian was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 765 to AD 769 宰臣杜鴻漸卒
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 125

Attested activity

AD 765 to AD 769 宰臣杜鴻漸卒
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 125
AD 756 肅宗即位前勸進
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 100, 105, 109

Career and standing

chief minister 宰臣
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 125

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 100

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Suzong (肅宗) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 100-102, 105-108

Events and relationships

Urged accession
Political · Persuader · With Suzong (肅宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 100, 105, 109

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 4 passages

冕與杜鴻漸、崔漪等勸進曰：「主上厭勤大位，南幸蜀川，宗社神器，須有所歸，天意人事，不可固違。 Mian, Du Hongjian, Cui Yi, and others urged him to take the throne: "The sovereign has wearied of rule and gone south to Shu; the altars of state and the imperial regalia must find a home—Heaven's will and men's needs cannot be defied.

冕與杜鴻漸又進曰：「殿下藉累聖之資，有天下之表。 Mian and Du Hongjian pressed again: "Your Highness inherits the accumulated virtue of successive sovereigns and carries the bearing of one destined to rule the realm.

會宰臣杜鴻漸卒，載遂舉冕代之。 When chief minister Du Hongjian died, Zai recommended Mian to replace him.

初代鴻漸，小吏以俸錢文簿白之，冕顧子弟，喜見於色，其嗜利若此。 When he first replaced Hongjian, a petty clerk reported on the salary ledger; Mian looked at his sons and nephews, delight plain on his face—such was his appetite for profit.