Overview
Du was a statesman and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 806 to AD 820 元和宰相Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 292
- AD 814 to AD 817 憲宗討蔡，出入四年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passages 300, 302-303
- AD 820 to AD 824 穆宗Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 307
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Ancestor of Shen (諗)grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generationsStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 173, passage 292
- Parent of Shi (識)father 父Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 173, passage 292
Career and standing
- chief minister 宰相HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 292
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passages 292, 302
Works and attributed material
- All this victory over Cai was won only through resolute decision. 凡此蔡功，惟斷乃成。Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 305
Events and relationships
- Entrusted with government and relied on to crush the Cai rebelsDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 302
- Personally supervised the campaign and pacified Huai WestMilitary · Commander · At Huai West 淮西Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 303
- Relation Trusted minister of · Person Emperor Xianzong (憲宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 302
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment late-career drift as a plan for self-preservation · Mode named-source-report Source Work earlier histories 前史Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 309
- Assessment later years marked by drift and self-preservation · Negated true · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passages 309, 311
- Assessment merit and stature remembered by Xuanzong · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 292
- Assessment the difficulty was entrusting Du, not defeating the rebels · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 304
- Assessment won no further conspicuous victories under Muzong because of slander · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 307
Source notes
- earlier histories' charge of self-preserving drift rejected by the encomiumField late-career characterDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 309
References in the histories
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