Ancient China · Named Individual

Huan Dou 讙兜

Huandou

Dates uncertain

Passages
6
Chapters
5
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Huan Dou as a named individual, official, and rebel. This record brings together 6 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Huan Dou 讙兜 Huandou
Personal Huan Dou 讙兜 Huan Dou
Personal name Huan Dou 讙兜 Huāndōu
Personal Huan Dou 驩兜 Huan Dou
Personal Huandou 讙兜 Huandou
Personal Huandou 驩兜 Huandou

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: execution · Manner: executed for seeking to do evil with Yao and Shun
    Explicit · hanshu:022:s0013

Attested activity

Career and standing

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 20Table of Ancient and Modern Persons · 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 22Volume 20: Prominent People from the Past Until the Present · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 2Annals of Xia · 1 passage