Du Zhongli 杜中立

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
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Roles

• Official

Family

• Spouse of Princess Zhenyuan (真源長公主)
  Kinship Term: married Princess Zhenyuan / 尚真源長公主 · Union Category: marriage
• Child of Du Gao (杜羔)
  Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

• Label: Commandant of Imperial Sons-in-Law / 駙馬都尉 · Action: held
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• Label: compiler in Archive Bureau / 著作郎 · Action: held
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• Label: courier attendant to crown prince / 太子通事舍人 · Action: held
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• Label: Director of Court of National Granaries / 司農卿 · Action: held
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• Label: Yiwu military governor / 義武節度使 · Action: held
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• Label: Minister of Works / 工部尚書 · Action: posthumously-granted
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Works and attributed material

• Kind: administrative defense · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

• Kind: financial-reform · Action: changed palace meal allowance disbursement to prevent fraud
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• Kind: flood-control · Action: diverted floodwaters in Dazhong 12 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大中十二年 · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 858
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• Kind: execution · Action: had street thugs arrested and clubbed to death
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• Kind: marriage · Action: married Princess Zhenyuan and sought real duties
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Assessments and attributes

• Assessment: sharp, strict, and feared by subordinates · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Source notes

• Historicity: historical
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