Duan Da (段達) | 24 Histories

Overview

Duan Da was a Sui and Eastern Capital Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 617 to AD 618 東都自固
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 43, passage 52
AD 618 皇泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 115
AD 581 to AD 618 隋
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 148; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 175

Family

Ancestor of Duan Pingzhong (段平仲)
ancestor in the sixth generation 六代祖 · paternal line · 6 generations
sixth-generation descendant 六代孫 · paternal line · 6 generations
Sources vary in certainty · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 148; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 175

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Career and standing

Grand Master for Splendid Happiness 金紫光祿大夫
AD 617 大業十三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 110
Acting Minister of Rites 攝禮部尚書
AD 618 皇泰元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 115
Director of the Chancellery 納言
AD 618 皇泰元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 115
General-in-Chief of the Right Wing Guards 右翊衛大將軍
AD 618 皇泰元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 115
Minister of the Personnel Office 人部尚書
AD 581 to AD 618 隋 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 148; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 175
Granted
Honor gold-inscribed iron tally 金書鐵券
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 115

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Capital regime · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 115
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 148; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 175
Organization Seven Nobles 七貴 · Relation Called member of
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 116

Works and attributed material

Abdication demand · Speaker · With Yun Dingxing (雲定興), Yang Tong (楊侗), Wang Shichong (王世充) · Mode collective-direct-speech Speaker Duan Da (段達)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 174

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 148
Value historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 175

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 1 passage

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隋人部尚書段達六代孫也。 He was the sixth-generation descendant of Duan Da, Sui Minister of the Personnel Office.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 1 passage

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隋人部尚書段達六代孫也。 He was the sixth-generation descendant of Duan Da, Sui Minister of the Personnel Office.

Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 2 passages

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段達、韋津，東都自固，何暇圖人？ Duan Da and Wei Jin are busy holding the Eastern Capital together—they have no time to think of anyone else.

世充朝亡，達便夕滅。 When Shichong falls in the morning, Duan Da will be gone by nightfall.

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 4 passages

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十三年，帝幸江都，複令侗與金紫光祿大夫段達、太府卿元文都、攝民部尚書韋津、右武衛將軍皇甫無逸等總留台事。 In the thirteenth year the emperor went to Jiangdu and again entrusted Tong, together with Duan Da, Yuan Wendu, Wei Jin acting as Minister of the Household, Huangfu Wuyi as General of the Right Martial Guards, and others, with overall charge of the Eastern Capital.

以段達為納言、右翊衛大將軍、攝禮部尚書，王世充亦納言、左翊衛大將軍、攝吏部尚書，元文都內史令、左驍衛大將軍，盧楚亦內史令，皇甫無逸兵部尚書、右武衛大將軍，郭文懿內史侍郎，趙長文黃門侍郎，委以機務，為金書鐵券，藏之宮掖。 Duan Da was made Director of the Chancellery, General-in-Chief of the Right Wing Guards, and acting Minister of Rites; Wang Shichong likewise Director of the Chancellery, General-in-Chief of the Left Wing Guards, and acting Minister of Personnel; Yuan Wendu Director of the Palace Secretariat and General-in-Chief of the Left Martial Cavalry; Lu Chu also Director of the Palace Secretariat; Huangfu Wuyi Minister of War and General-in-Chief of the Right Martial Guards; Guo Wenyi Vice Director of the Palace Secretariat; Zhao Changwen Vice Director of the Yellow Gate. They were entrusted with state affairs, granted iron tallies inscribed in gold, and the tallies were kept in the inner palace.

于時洛陽稱段達等為「七貴」。 At that time Luoyang called Duan Da and his colleagues the "Seven Nobles."

段達、雲定興等十人入見於侗曰：「天命不常，鄭王功德甚盛，願陛下揖讓告禪，遵唐、虞之跡。」 Duan Da, Yun Dingxing, and ten others came before Tong and said, "The Mandate of Heaven is not constant; the Prince of Zheng's merit and virtue are very great. We beg Your Majesty to yield the throne and announce abdication, following the example of Tang and Yu."