Du Xunhe (杜荀鶴) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Du Xunhe as an envoy, named individual, official, and poet. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Du Xunhe	杜荀鶴	Dù Xúnhè
Personal name	Du Xunhe	杜荀鶴	Du Xunhe
Given	Xunhe	荀鶴	Xunhe
Courtesy	Yanzhi	彥之	Yanzhi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0099, jiuwudaishi:024:s0092

Roles

Envoy
Named Individual
Official
Poet
Scholar

Life and dates

Birth

Note: jinshi list posted on his birthday · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 正月十日 · Western Year: AD 891
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Death

Manner: grave illness within ten days
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大順二年 · Western Year: AD 891
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Source Date: Text: 天祐初 · Western Year: AD 904
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0089, jiuwudaishi:017:s0099
Source Date: Text: 開平中 appointments · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 911
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:024:s0107

Family

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Child of Du Mu (杜牧)
Kinship Term: illegitimate son / 微子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Hanlin academician and supernumerary vice director of Reception / 翰林學士、主客員外郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0107

Places and affiliations

Place: Chizhou / 池州
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0092

Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar eighth place / 進士第八人 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大順二年正月十日 · Western Year: AD 891
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Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0099
Skill: poetry / 詩 · Level: praised
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Works and attributed material

Kind: poem · Role: author · Other Person Id: Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠) · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Tang New Compilation / 唐新纂
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Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: carried Tian Yun's secret plan to Daliang · Other Person Id: the Founder (太祖)
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Relation: protege-of · Person Id: Tian Yun (田頵)
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Assessments and attributes

Kind: character · Statement: plotted to kill disliked courtiers
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Source notes

Field: early-favor · Statement: Founder had known him before Tian Yun letter · Provenance: Mode: commentator-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0104

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 2 passages

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頵聞之，頗會其志，乃召進士杜荀鶴具述其意，復語曰：「昌本朝，奉盟主，在斯一舉矣。」 Yun took his meaning, summoned the scholar Du Xunhe, laid out the plan, and said, "To restore the dynasty and serve our ally—everything hangs on this."

即遣荀鶴具述密議，自間道至大梁。 He sent Xunhe by secret road to Daliang with the full plot.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 8 passages

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杜荀鶴，池州人。 Du Xunhe came from Chizhou.

〈（辛文房《唐才子傳》：荀鶴，字彥之，牧之微子也。）〉 (Xin Wenfang's 《Records of Tang Talents》 says Xunhe, styled Yanzhi, was an illegitimate son of Du Mu.)〉

〈（《唐才子傳》：荀鶴嘗謁梁王朱全忠，與之坐，忽無雲而雨，王以為天泣不祥，命作詩，稱意，王喜之。 (The 《Records of Tang Talents》 records that Xunhe once visited Prince of Liang Zhu Quanzhong; as they sat together rain fell though the sky was clear; the prince took it as heaven weeping and ordered a poem; pleased with it, he was delighted.

荀鶴寒進，連敗文場，甚苦，至是送春官。 Xunhe had come up in poverty, failed again and again in the examinations, and suffered greatly before he was finally sent to the Ministry of Rites.

大順二年，裴贄侍郎放第八人登科，正月十日放榜，正荀鶴生朝也。 In Dashun 2 Vice Minister Pei Zan placed him eighth on the list; the roster was posted on the tenth day of the first month—Xunhe's own birthday.

又，《唐新纂》云：荀鶴舉進士及第，東歸，過夷門，獻梁太祖詩句云：「四海九州空第一，不同諸鎮府封王。」 The 《Tang New Compilation》 adds: Xunhe took his jinshi degree, went east, passed Yimen, and gave the Liang Founder this verse: "First in all the realm—unlike the warlords made kings of their circuits."

是則荀鶴之受知於梁祖舊矣，不待田頵之箋問而始被遇也。）〉 So the Liang Founder had known Xunhe long before Tian Yun's letter brought him to court.)〉

頵將起兵，乃陰令以箋問至，太祖遇之頗厚。 When Yun prepared to rebel he secretly sent a letter of inquiry ahead; the Founder treated Xunhe very well.