Overview
The translated histories identify Du You as an administrator, historian, official, and statesman. This record brings together 7 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Du You | 杜佑 | Du You |
| Surname | Du | 杜 | |
| Personal name | Du You | 杜佑 | Dù Yòu |
| Given | You | 佑 | |
| Given | You | 佑 | Yòu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liaoshi:054:s0094, xintangshu:172:s0032
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · xintangshu:052:s0020, xintangshu:175:s0038
Roles
- Administrator
- Historian
- Official
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 度支杜佑 · Western Year: AD 782Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 德宗憲宗間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 780 · End: AD 812Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0038
- Source Date: Text: 憲宗立 · Western Year: c. AD 805Explicit · xintangshu:172:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 杜佑《通典》 · Western Year: AD 801Strongly inferred · liaoshi:054:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 杜佑以為多幻術 · Western Year: AD 801Strongly inferred · liaoshi:054:s0165
Career and standing
- Label: Director of Revenue / 度支 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0020
- Status: replaced · Action: replaced · Note: replaced in revenue directorate by Zhao ZanExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0021
Works and attributed material
- Work: Comprehensive Institutions / 通典 · Relation: authorExplicit · liaoshi:054:s0094
- Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0020
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: advisor · Action: advised that merchant loan of five million strings could fund half a yearExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0020
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: miscellaneous entertainments mostly illusion arts from the Western Regions · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Du You (杜佑)Explicit · liaoshi:054:s0165
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · xintangshu:172:s0032
References in the histories
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