Grand Censor Du (杜大夫)

Overview

The translated histories identify Grand Censor Du as an official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Grand Censor Du	杜大夫	Du Dafu
Title	Grand Censor Du	杜大夫	Du Dafu
Surname		杜	Du

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:104:s0116

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 御史大夫杜 · Western Interval: Start: BC 100 · End: BC 91
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:104:s0116

Career and standing

Label: Grand Censor / 御史大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:104:s0116

Source notes

Statement: Fathers, brothers, sons, and nephews held the Henan and Henei governorships / 河南、河內太守皆…杜父兄子弟
Explicit · shiji:104:s0116

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104Biography of Tian Shu · 2 passages

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是時河南、河內太守皆御史大夫杜父兄子弟也，河東太守石丞相子孫也。 At that time, the governors of Henan and Henei were all kinsmen—fathers, brothers, sons, and nephews—of Grand Censor Du, and the Governor of Hedong was a descendant of the former Chancellor Shi.

杜大夫及石氏使人謝，謂田少卿曰：「吾非敢有語言也，願少卿無相誣汙也。」 Grand Censor Du and the Shi clan sent intermediaries to plead with him, telling Tian Ren: "We would not dare utter a word against you. We only hope that you will not level false accusations against us."