Qin and Han · Astronomer

Tang Du 唐都

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Tang Du was an Astronomer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 141 今上即位
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 49
BC 104 太初元年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passages 49, 59
BC 141 to BC 87 漢興六十餘載
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 68, passages 254, 258; Records of the Grand Historian 112, passages 277, 282

Key source chapters

Career and standing

astronomy and calendrical science 歷數
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 282
fangshi 方士
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Western Han 漢
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 258
Polity Han · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 49
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passages 277, 282

Learning and skills

Skill astronomy and calendrical science 歷數 · Level renowned · Mode quotation Speaker Ban Gu (班固)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 282

Events and relationships

Divided celestial sectors
Astronomical · Specialist
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 49
Listed among Han talents of the era
Career · Exemplar · Mode quotation Speaker Ban Gu (班固)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 282

Assessments and attributes

Assessment calendrical reckoning (歷數) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 68, passage 258

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 282

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage

漢之得人，於茲為盛，儒雅則公孫弘、董仲舒、兒寬，篤行則石建、石慶，質直則汲黯、卜式，推賢則韓安國、鄭當時，定令則趙禹、張湯，文章則司馬遷、相如，滑稽則東方朔、枚皋，應對則嚴助、硃買臣，歷數則唐都、洛下閎，協律則李延年，運籌則桑弘羊，奉使則張騫、蘇武，將率則衛青、霍去病，受遺則霍光、金日磾，其餘不可勝紀。 Never did the dynasty gather talent so thickly: Hong, Dong, and Kuan for classical breadth; the Shi brothers for steadfast service; Ji An and Bu Shi for blunt loyalty; Han Anguo and Zheng Dangshi for lifting others; Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang for codifying law; Sima Qian and Xiangru for voice; jesters Dongfang Shuo and Mei Gao; debaters Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen; calendar-makers Tang Du and Luoxia Hong; the harmonist Li Yan'nian; the reckoner Sang Hongyang; envoys Zhang Qian and Su Wu; blades Wei Qing and Huo Qubing; regents Huo Guang and Jin Midi—and a cloud of names besides.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 1 passage

至今上即位，招致方士唐都，分其天部； When the present emperor came to the throne, he summoned the fangshi Tang Du to divide the celestial sectors;

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage

儒雅則公孫弘、董仲舒、兒寬，篤行則石建、石慶，質直則汲黯、卜式，推賢則韓安國、鄭當時，定令則趙禹、張湯，文章則司馬遷、相如，滑稽則東方朔、枚皋，應對則嚴助、朱買臣，歷數則唐都、落下閎，協律則李延年，運籌則桑弘羊，奉使則張騫、蘇武，將帥則衛青、霍去病，受遺則霍光、金日磾。 In Confucian scholarship, there were Gongsun Hong, Dong Zhongshu, and Er Kuan. In steadfast conduct, Shi Jian and Shi Qing. In forthright character, Ji An and Bu Shi. In advancing the worthy, Han Anguo and Zheng Dangshi. In codifying laws, Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang. In literary achievement, Sima Qian and Sima Xiangru. In wit and humor, Dongfang Shuo and Mei Gao. In eloquent debate, Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen. In astronomy and calendrical science, Tang Du and Luoxia Hong. In harmonizing music, Li Yannian. In strategic finance, Sang Hongyang. In diplomatic missions, Zhang Qian and Su Wu. In military command, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing. In receiving the imperial testamentary charge, Huo Guang and Jin Midi.