Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Commentator and Official

Du Yu 杜預

Attested AD 222 - AD 285

Passages
9
Chapters
7
Histories
6

Overview

The translated histories identify Du Yu as a commentator, family member, general, and named individual. This record brings together 9 passages from 7 chapters across 6 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Du Yu 杜預 Du Yu
Surname Du Du
Surname Du
Personal name Du
Personal Du Yu 杜預
Given Yu Yu
Courtesy Yuan Kai 元凱 Yuan Kai
Courtesy Yuan Kai 元凱
Personal Yuan Kai 元凱 Yuánkǎi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Commentator
  • Family Member
  • General
  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: AD 222-284 · Western Interval: Start: AD 222 · End: AD 284
    Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0072
  • Source Date: Text: 元凱編之於後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 222 · End: AD 285
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:098:s0004
  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: AD 263 · End: AD 280
    Strongly inferred · chenshu:018:s0176
  • Source Date: Text: 晉平吳 · Western Year: AD 280
    Strongly inferred · suishu:052:s0219
  • Source Date: Text: 杜預 · Western Interval: Start: AD 222 · End: AD 285
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:025:s0082
  • Source Date: Text: 泰始中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 265 · End: AD 274
    Explicit · chenshu:017:s0154
  • Source Date: Text: 西晉 · Western Interval: Start: AD 222 · End: AD 285
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0079

Family

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Career and standing

  • Title: Commandant of the Consort's Carriage / 駙馬都尉 · Action: not received · Negated: true
    Explicit · chenshu:017:s0154

Learning and skills

  • Label: refined Confucian learning / 儒雅 · Relation: studied
    Explicit · chenshu:018:s0176

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: historian-comment · Role: subject · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · chenshu:018:s0176

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: won-merit · Label: achieved military merit / 卒致軍功 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · chenshu:018:s0176

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: came from refined Confucian learning yet achieved military merit and lasting fame · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · chenshu:018:s0176

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 25Volume 25 Biographies 17: Zhang Zuan; Zhang Liang; Zhang Yao; Zhang Qi; Xu Yuan; Wang Jun; Wang Hong · 1 passage
Book of Chen, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Chong; Wang Tong; Yuan Jing · 1 passage
Book of Chen, Chapter 18Volume 18: Shen Zhong; Yuan Bi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi; Wei Zai · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 46Volume 46: Hu Sengyou; Xu Wensheng; Du Ze; Du An; Du You'an; Du Kan; Yin Zichun · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 3 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 52Volume 52 Biographies 17: Han Qinhu, He Ruobi · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 1 passage