Sui and Tang · Tang Official

Dong Wenguang 董文廣

Attested AD 850 - AD 907

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Dong Wenguang was a Tang Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 850 to AD 907 唐
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 34
AD 860 to AD 907 唐時
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 66

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Virtuous Consort Dong (德妃董氏)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 34; Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 66
Parent of Dong Guangsi (董光嗣)
father of Guangsi 祖/父
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 34-35; Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passages 66-67

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Recorder of Shenzhou 深州錄事參軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 66
recording secretary of Shen Prefecture 深州錄事參軍
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 34

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 121Volume 121 Book of Later Zhou 23: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

祖文廣，唐深州錄事參軍。 Her grandfather Wenguang had been Recorder of Shenzhou under Tang.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 1 passage

祖文廣，唐深州錄事參軍。 Her grandfather Wenguang had been recording secretary of Shen Prefecture under Tang.