Sui and Tang · Statesman

Du Huangchang 杜黃裳

Attested AD 806

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Huangchang was a statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 806 元和初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 65

Career and standing

chief minister 宰相
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 65

Source notes

Wished to curb Shidao's power.
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 65

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 1 passage

宰相杜黃裳欲橈削其權，而憲宗方誅劉辟，未皇東討，故命建王審領節度大使，而以師道知留後。 Chief Minister Du Huangchang meant to curb his power, but Xianzong was still crushing Liu Pi in the west and could not yet march east; he therefore named Prince Shen of Jian nominal military commissioner while Shidao served as acting governor.