Dong Guangye (董光業)

Overview

Dong Guangye was a Son of Dong Zhang.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 930 丁未
Beheaded · At marketplace 都市
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211
executed with clan at Luoyang 並斬於洛陽 · At Luoyang 洛陽
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 152

Attested activity

AD 930 丁未
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211
AD 926 天成時
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 120
AD 930 長興元年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 152

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Dong Zhang (董璋)
father 父
son 子
Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211; Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 120; New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 157
Spouse of Wife of Dong Guangye (董光業妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211

Kinship Role clan · executed together · Count 1 · Quantity entire clan
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 152
Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211

Key source chapters

Career and standing

palace park commissioner 宮苑使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211; Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passages 120, 152
Beheaded
AD 930 丁未 · Execution · At marketplace 都市
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Li Qianhui (李虔徽)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passages 140-142

Events and relationships

Beheaded with wife and children
AD 930 丁未 · Legal · Executed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 211

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Book of Later Tang 17: Mingzong Annals 7 · 1 passage

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丁未，宮苑使董光業並妻子並斬於都市，璋之子也。 On dingwei palace park commissioner Dong Guangye, wife, and children were beheaded in the market—Zhang's son.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 5 passages

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又璋之子光業為宮苑使，在朝結托勢援，爭言璋之善，知祥之惡。 Zhang's son Guangye, palace park commissioner, cultivated powerful allies at court and ceaselessly praised his father while denouncing Zhixiang.

仍先與其子光業書曰：「朝廷割吾支郡為節制，屯兵三千，是殺我必矣。 He wrote first to his son Guangye: "The court has carved out my subordinate prefectures as a separate command and posted three thousand troops—that is a death sentence.

光業以書呈樞密承旨李虔徽。 Guangye presented the letter to Secretariat drafter Li Qianhui.

會朝廷再發中使荀鹹乂將兵赴閬州，光業謂虔徽曰：「鹹乂未至，吾父必反。 When the court again sent the inner envoy Gou Xianyi with troops to Langzhou, Guangye told Qianhui: "Before Xianyi arrives my father will rebel.

璋之子宮苑使光業並其族，並斬於洛陽。 Zhang's son Guangye, palace park commissioner, and his entire clan were executed at Luoyang.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 3 passages

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璋以書至京師告其子光業曰：「朝廷割我支郡，分建節髦，又以兵戍之，是將殺我也。 Zhang wrote to the capital and told his son Guangye: “The court has carved away my subordinate command, raised a new military governorship, and posted troops against me. They mean to kill me.

光業私以書示樞密承旨李虔徽，使白重誨，重誨不省。 Guangye quietly showed the letter to chief of military affairs Li Qianhui and had him warn Chonghui. Chonghui ignored it.

重誨又遣荀咸乂將兵益戍閬州，光業亟言以為不可，重誨不聽。 Chonghui also sent Xun Xianyi with more troops to Lang. Guangye pleaded that it must not be done. Chonghui would not listen.