Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Changsun Daosheng 長孫道生

Attested AD 386 - AD 452

Passages: 16
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Changsun Daosheng was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Jing	靖	Jing

Life and dates

Death

Age 82
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 78

Attested activity

AD 423 to AD 452 世祖
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passages 71, 86
AD 409 to AD 423 太宗
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 69
AD 386 to AD 409 太祖
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 68

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Changsun Guan (長孫觀)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Changsun Kang (長孫抗)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passages 92-93
Kin of Changsun Song (長孫嵩)
brother's son / nephew 從子 · paternal line · Through Father of Changsun Daosheng (長孫道生父)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passages 67, 90
Child of Father of Changsun Daosheng (長孫道生父)
father 從子所自
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 30, passages 67, 90
Parent of Changsun Kang (長孫抗)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 91
Spouse of Lady Meng (孟氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 89

Kinship Role sons-and-nephews · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passages 82, 84

Career and standing

attendant-in-ordinary 侍中
Added
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 77
General of the Southern Command 南統將軍
AD 409 太宗即位 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 30, passage 69
handler of confidential affairs 掌幾密
AD 386 to AD 409 太祖 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 30, passage 68
inspector of Jizhou 冀州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 69
Minister of Justice 廷尉卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 71
Minister of Works 司空
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 77

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posthumous Grand Commandant 贈太尉
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 79
posthumous name Jing 諡曰靖
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 79
Duke of Ruyin 汝陰公
AD 423 世祖即位 · Advanced
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 30, passage 71
Prince of Shangdang 上黨王
Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 77
Received
Imperial rebuke
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 70

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 68

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 83

Events and relationships

Defeated Rouran
AD 424 to AD 429 從征蠕蠕 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 72
Pacified
AD 426 to AD 428 世祖征赫連昌 · Military · Vanguard · With Helian Chang (赫連昌)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 73
Presented woman
Political · Actor · With Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 70
Resisted
AD 430 劉義隆遣將 · Military · Commander · With Tan Daoji (檀道濟)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passages 75-76
Relation Colleague of · Person Changsun Song (長孫嵩) · both reached Three Excellencies
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 90

Assessments and attributes

Assessment frugal like Yan Ying · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passages 80-81
Assessment spare as Daosheng · Mode quotation Speaker Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 88
Assessment swayed by wife in old age and mocked · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 89
Item bear-hide mud-guard 熊皮鄣泥 · Relation Used
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 81

References in the histories

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History

16 passages

Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 16 passages

長孫嵩長孫道生 Biographies of Changsun Song and Changsun Daosheng

長孫道生，嵩從子也。 Changsun Daosheng was Song's nephew.

世祖即位，進爵汝陰公，[8]遷廷尉卿。 At Shizu's accession he was raised to Duke of Ruyin; [8] he was moved to Minister of Justice.

世祖征赫連昌，道生與司徒長孫翰、宗正娥青為前驅，遂平其國。 On Shizu's campaign against Helian Chang, Daosheng with Changsun Han, Minister over the Masses, and E Qing, Director of the Imperial Clan, led the van and brought the realm down.

詔道生與丹陽王太之屯河上以禦之。 The court ordered Daosheng and Taizhi, Prince of Danyang, to hold the river line against them.

除司空，加侍中，進封上黨王。 He was named Minister of Works and attendant-in-ordinary and raised to Prince of Shangdang.

贈太尉，諡曰靖。 He was posthumously made Grand Commandant and given the posthumous name Jing.

道生廉約，身為三司，而衣不華飾，食不兼味。 Daosheng lived sparely: though a pillar of state, he wore no finery and ate but one course.

道生還，歎曰：「昔霍去病以匈奴未滅，無用家為，今強寇尚遊魂漠北，吾豈可安坐華美也！」 On his return Daosheng sighed: "Huo Qubing once said that while the Xiongnu were not destroyed a man had no business with a home — and mighty enemies still haunt the northern sands; how should I dwell in comfort and show?"

帝命歌工歷頌羣臣，曰：「智如崔浩，廉如道生。」 The Emperor had singers pass among the ministers in praise, saying: "Wise as Cui Hao, spare as Daosheng."

時異姓諸王，襲爵多降為公，帝以其祖道生佐命先朝，故特不降。 By then most non-imperial clansmen who inherited were cut to duke; because Daosheng had served the founding, the Emperor left Guan's princely rank untouched.

葬禮依其祖靖王故事，陪葬雲中金陵。 His burial followed his grandfather King Jing's rites, and he was laid to rest beside the Jinling at Yunzhong.

按此卷以北史卷二二長孫嵩、長孫道生傳補，附長孫稚傳有溢出語，當出於高氏小史。 The received scroll was patched from Beishi juan 22 (Changsuns Song and Daosheng); the attached Zhi life has overflow wording likely from the Gao clan Minor History.

進爵汝陰公張森楷云：「以前初無封爵之文，而云『進爵』，疑誤。」 He was advanced to duke of Ruyin. Zhang Senkai: "No prior enfeoffment is recorded, yet it says 'advanced'—likely error."

按此傳以北史卷二二長孫道生傳補，當是李延壽刪節之失。 This life was patched from Beishi juan 22, Daosheng; the fault is Li Yanshou's abridgment.

這種刪節失當，下文還有，如「帝以其祖道生佐命先朝」，不知為何帝； Such cuts recur below—"the emperor, because his grandfather Daosheng aided the founding court," without naming which emperor;