Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Du Hongjian 杜鴻漸

First attested AD 756; died AD 769

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Hongjian was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 769 宰臣杜鴻漸卒
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 117

Attested activity

AD 756 勸進
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 92
AD 769 宰臣杜鴻漸卒
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 117, 125

Career and standing

chief minister 宰臣
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 117

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 92

Works and attributed material

Oral counsel · Speaker · With Emperor Suzong (肅宗) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Du Hongjian (杜鴻漸)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 92-94, 97-100

Events and relationships

Urged accession
AD 756 勸進 · Political · Persuader · With Emperor Suzong (肅宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 92, 97, 101

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 92

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 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, together with Du Hongjian, Cui Yi, and others, urged him to take the throne, saying: 'The emperor has grown weary of rule and gone south to Shu. The altars of state and the imperial regalia must have a lord; Heaven's will and the people's need 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 virtue of generations of sage rulers and bears the countenance 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 succeed 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 succeeded Du Hongjian, a clerk presented the salary ledger. Mian turned to his sons and brothers with unmistakable delight on his face—such was his love of gain.