Qin and Han · General and Administrator

Du Shang 度尚

c. AD 117 - AD 166

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Shang was a general and Administrator.

Life and dates

Death

AD 166 延熹九年
At in office 卒於官
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 195

Age

50
AD 166 延熹九年 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 195

Attested activity

AD 164 七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 43, passages 165, 195
AD 163 to AD 166 尚出兵三年…七年…延熹九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 43, passages 164-165, 195
AD 166 延熹九年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 195

Career and standing

General of the Household 中郎將
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 169
Grand Administrator of Liaodong 遼東太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 194
Inspector of Jingzhou 荊州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 179
Grand Administrator of Guiyang 桂陽太守
AD 164 七年 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 43, passages 165, 195
Marquis of You Township 右鄉侯
AD 164 七年 · Enfeoffed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 43, passages 165, 195
Committed
False accusation · With Zhang Pan (張磐)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passages 180, 185, 192

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Suffered
Punished then pardoned
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 192

Places and affiliations

At Guiyang 桂陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 165
At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 179
At Liaodong 遼東 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 194

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passages 160-161

Events and relationships

Defeated
Military · Commander · Opponent Xianbei 鮮卑
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 194
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Hu Lan (胡蘭)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 169
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Bu Yang (卜陽), Pan Hong (潘鴻)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passages 163-164

Assessments and attributes

Assessment celebrated commander with repeated merit · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 171
Item one million cash 錢百萬 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 170

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 43, passage 160

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 15 passages

尚人人慰勞，深自咎責，因曰：「卜陽等財寶足富數世，諸卿但不并力耳。 Du Shang went among them, blamed himself bitterly, and said, "Bu Yang sits on enough loot to enrich generations—we failed only because we would not pull together.

眾聞咸憤踊，尚敕令秣馬蓐食，明旦，徑赴賊屯。 The troops boiled with fighting spirit. Du Shang ordered grain bagged for the horses and a meal wrapped for each man; at dawn he marched straight on the rebel camp.

陽、鴻等自以深固，不復設備，吏士乘銳，遂大破平之。 Bu Yang and Pan Hong thought themselves safe deep in the hills and let their guard drop; Du Shang's men struck while their anger was hot and crushed them.

尚出兵三年，群寇悉定。 Three years of campaigning left the region clear of bandits.

於是以尚為中郎將，將幽、冀、黎陽、烏桓步騎二萬六千人救球，又與長沙太守抗徐等發諸郡兵，并埶討擊，大破之，斬蘭等首三千五百級，餘賊走蒼梧。 Du Shang was named general of the household at the head of twenty-six thousand foot and horse from Youzhou, Ji province, Liyang, and the Wuhuan tribes to relieve Chen Qiu. With Kang Xu of Changsha he mobilized county levies, smashed the rebels, took thirty-five hundred heads including Hu Lan's, and drove the survivors toward Cangwu.

詔賜尚錢百萬，餘人各有差。 The emperor awarded Du Shang a million cash and scaled bonuses for the others.

時抗徐與尚俱為名將，數有功。 Kang Xu and Du Shang were both celebrated commanders with many victories.

復以尚為荊州刺史。 Du Shang was again named inspector of Jingzhou.

尚見胡蘭餘黨南走蒼梧，懼為己負，乃偽上言蒼梧賊入荊州界，於是徵交阯刺史張磐下廷尉。 When Hu Lan's remnants slipped south into Cangwu, Du Shang feared blame would fall on him. He falsely reported that Cangwu bandits had crossed into Jingzhou, and Inspector Zhang Pan of Jiaozhi was hauled before the commandant of justice.

刺史度尚懼磐先言，怖畏罪戾，伏奏見誣。 Inspector Du Shang, fearing I would report first and alarmed at his own culpability, submitted a secret memorial falsely accusing me.

磐備位方伯，為國爪牙，而為尚所枉，受罪牢獄。 I hold a provincial post and serve as the emperor's arm, yet Du Shang's false charge landed me in chains.

乞傳尚詣廷尉，面對曲直，足明真偽。 Summon Du Shang to the commandant's court so we can confront each other and expose the truth.

尚不徵者，磐埋骨牢檻，終不虛出，望塵受枉。」 If Du Shang is not called to testify, I will die in this cell rather than walk free under a false verdict."

廷尉以其狀上，詔書徵尚到廷尉，辭窮受罪，以先有功得原。 The commandant relayed the petition; Du Shang was summoned, broke under questioning, and was punished but pardoned because of past service.

尚後為遼東太守，數月，鮮卑率兵攻尚，與戰，破之，戎狄憚畏。 Du Shang later governed Liaodong; within months the Xianbei attacked, and he defeated them—the tribes learned to fear him.