Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General; courtesy Huangyu; Duke of Changguang; campaign commander and chief of staff against the Turks

Du Zheng 杜整

Died c. AD 587

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Du Zheng as an administrator, aristocrat, and general. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Sui

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Du Zheng 杜整 Du Zheng
Personal name Du Zheng 杜整
Courtesy name Huangyu 皇育
Posthumous name Xiang 襄

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 尋病卒 · Western Year: c. AD 587 · Manner: illness · Age: 55
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0159

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 開皇六年 · Western Year: AD 586
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0156
  • Source Date: Text: 魏大統末，襲爵武鄉侯 · Western Year: c. AD 551
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0147

Family

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  • Descendant of Sheng (盛)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2
  • Child of Kai (楷)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Inverse: true · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Pi (辟)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Child of Mother of Du Zheng
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Kai (楷)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Su (肅)
    Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger

Career and standing

  • Label: Colonel (dudu) / 都督
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0150
  • Label: Campaign Commander and chief of staff to the supreme commander / 行軍總管兼元帥長史 · Action: appointed · With Person Id: Prince Wei Shuang (衛王爽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇六年 · Western Year: AD 586
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0156
  • Label: Campaign Commander garrisoning Xiangyang / 行軍總管鎮襄陽 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0158
  • Label: General of the Left Martial Guard / 左武衛將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0154
  • Label: Governor of Wuzhou / 武州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0151
  • Label: Grand Master of the Bureau of Merits / 勳曹中大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0152
  • Label: Senior Attendant of the Inner Service / 內侍上士 · Action: held · Polity: Zhou / 周 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 560
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0151
  • Label: Senior Opening of a Government Office / 上開府 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0154
  • Label: the Opening of a Government Office / 開府 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖為丞相 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0153
  • Label: Grand Master with Equal Honor to the Three Excellencies / 儀同三司 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0151
  • Label: 400 bolts of silk and 400 shi of grain / 帛四百匹，米四百石 · Action: posthumously-granted · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖)
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0160
  • Title: Duke of Changguang Commandery / 長廣郡公 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及受禪 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0154
  • Title: Duke of Pingyuan County / 平原縣公 · Action: advanced · Fief Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 從武帝平齊 · Western Year: AD 577
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0152
  • Title: Marquis of Wuxiang / 武鄉侯 · Action: inherited · Polity: Wei / 魏 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏大統末 · Western Year: c. AD 551
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0147
  • Title: posthumous name Xiang / 襄 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0160

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: campaigned-with · With Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Place: Qi / 齊 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 從武帝平齊 · Western Year: AD 577
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0152
  • Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: marched-to-and-returned-without-battle · Place: Hechuan / 合川 · With Person Id: Prince Wei Shuang (衛王爽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇六年 · Western Year: AD 586
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0157
  • Kind: military · Role: strategist · Action: proposed-plan-to-conquer · Place: Chen / 陳 · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖)
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0158
  • Kind: career · Role: official · Action: resigned-for-mourning-then-recalled · Other Person Id: Mother of Du Zheng · Detail: resigned on account of mourning for his mother but was recalled and ordered to resume duties
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0155
  • Kind: social · Role: retainer · Action: served · Other Person Id: Yuwen Xun (宇文訓) · Detail: greatly favored
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0149
  • Kind: social · Role: protege · Action: was-recruited-as-trusted-intimate-by · Other Person Id: Zhou Taizu (周太祖)
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0148

Assessments and attributes

  • Kind: character · Statement: bold and physically powerful when grown; loved to read the military treatises of Sunzi and Wuzi
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0146
  • Kind: character · Statement: had force of character from youth; at nine mourned his father until his frame was wasted, known for filial devotion to his mother
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0145

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 19: Wang Zhangshu, Li Yan, Yi Louqian, Tian Rengong, Yuan Heng, Du Zheng, Li Che, Cui Peng · 6 passages
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