Sui and Tang · Minister of Rites

Dong Jin 董晉

Attested AD 787 - c. AD 799

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Dong Jin was a minister of Rites.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 787 貞元三年八月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 16, passages 345-346
c. AD 790 to c. AD 799 貞元中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 223

Key source chapters

New Book of Tang, Chapter 16 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rites and Music 6 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 172 Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan 1 passage

Career and standing

Director of the Imperial Ancestral Temple 太常卿
AD 787 貞元三年八月 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 16, passage 346

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 16, passage 346

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Dezong (德宗) · Direct quotation · Mode named-speech Speaker Dong Jin (董晉)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 16, passage 346

Events and relationships

Requested eclipse drum beating per classic
AD 787 貞元三年八月 · Ritual · Petitioner · With Dezong (德宗) · Mode named-speech Speaker Dong Jin (董晉)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 16, passage 346
Relation Official under · Person Dezong (德宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 16, passages 345-346

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 223

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 16Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rites and Music 6 · 1 passage

太常卿董晉言：「伐鼓所以責陰而助陽也，請聽有司依經伐鼓。」 The Director of the Imperial Ancestral Temple Dong Jin said: "Beating drums is to reproach yin and assist yang; I request that the responsible office be allowed to beat drums according to the classic."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 1 passage

帝審其妄，使禮部尚書董晉代之，賜亞還。 The emperor saw through his pretensions, sent Minister of Rites Dong Jin to replace him, and ordered Ya home.