Duan Shao 段韶

Other names

Family

• Spouse of Lady Huangfu (皇甫氏)
  bestowed upon 賜 · Concubinage · AD 544 to AD 549 世宗
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 178
• Parent of Duan Yi (段懿)
  eldest son 長子
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 181
• Parent of Duan Deheng (段德衡)
  fourth son 第四子
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 201
• Parent of Duan Shen (段深)
  son 子
  second son 第二子
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 180, 189
• Parent of Duan Dekan (段德堪)
  seventh son 第七子
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 203
• Child of Stepmother of Duan Shao (段韶後母)
  stepmother 後母 · Step parentage
  Sources vary in certainty · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 175
• Parent of Duan Deju (段德舉)
  third son 第三子
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 199

• Kinship Role fifth and sixth sons · Count 2
  Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 203
• Kinship Role sons · Count 7
  Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 181, 189, 199, 201, 203
• Kinship Role sons and younger brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 175

Career and standing

• bearer of the staff of authority 使持節
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 171
• Chancellor of State 相國
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 171
• commander-in-chief of military affairs in twelve provinces 都督朔幷定趙冀滄齊兗梁洛晉建十二州諸軍事
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 171
• Grand Commandant 太尉
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 171
• Inspector of Shuo Province 朔州刺史
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 171
• Recorder of the Department of State Affairs 錄尚書事
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 171

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 150, 172
• At Ping'en burial ground 平恩墓所 · Relation Buried at
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 170

Learning and skills

• Skill military stratagem 計略 · Level excelled
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 173
• Skill commanding troops 禦衆 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 173

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author · With Gao Cheng (高澄) · Topic firm request to be granted Lady Huangfu
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 178
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Gao Changgong (高長恭) · Topic predicted southeast breakout at Dingyang; advised elite troops there
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 163-164
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Topic advice against attacking the new fortress; plan to block the road, take Qincheng, and strike Dingyang
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 157-158

Events and relationships

• Ambushed and routed
  AD 563 是月 · Military · Commander · At Yaoxiang 姚襄城 · Outcome Captured Ruogan Xianbao and others
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 153-156
• Besieged
  AD 563 六月 · Military · Commander · At Dingyang 定陽 · Counterpart Person Id Yang Fan (楊範)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 160-161
• Campaigned with
  AD 563 是月 · Military · Commander · With Hulü Guang (斛律光) · At frontier against Zhou 周邊
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 16, passages 149-150
• Captured
  AD 563 五月 · Military · Commander · At Qincheng 服秦城
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 151
• Funeral escort and tomb raised
  AD 563 送至平恩墓所 · Ritual · Honoree · At Ping'en 平恩
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 170
• Gave only a cup of wine
  Personal · Giver · With Duan Shen (段深)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 180

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment especially stingy with wealth; scarcely gave even to kin and old friends · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 179
• Assessment excelled in stratagem and commanding troops; won officers' and soldiers' hearts · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 173
• Assessment gentle and cautious, with the bearing of a chief minister · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 174
• Assessment household orderly and solemn; famed for filial duty toward stepmother · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 175
• Assessment merit stood highest; prestige tilted court and realm through command, counsel, and marriage ties · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 172
• Assessment partial to women; went about in plain dress despite weighty office · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 176

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 16, passage 150