Ming · Military Officer and Aristocrat

Dong Xing 董興

Attested AD 1457

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dong Xing was a Military Officer and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1457 天順元年春正月己丑
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 11

Career and standing

Baron of Haining 海寧伯
AD 1457 天順元年春正月己丑 · Enfeoffed · Reason merit in the Gate-Seizing restoration
Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 11

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passage 11

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 1 passage

己丑，復論奪門功，封孫鏜懷寧伯，董興海寧伯，欽天監正湯序禮部右侍郎，官舍旂軍晉級者凡三千餘人。 On jichou the court again ranked Gate-Seizing merit: Sun Tang was made Baron of Huaining; Dong Xing, Baron of Haining; Tang Xu, director of astronomy, vice minister of rites on the right; and more than three thousand clerks, bannermen, and camp soldiers were advanced in rank.