Five Dynasties · Regional Inspector

Dong Ziming 董自明

Attested AD 951 - AD 953

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Dong Ziming was a Regional Inspector.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 951 to AD 953 廣順三年
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 45-46
AD 953 廣順三年
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 88

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Dong Yu (董瑀)
brother 兄 · Full siblings
Full siblings
Sources vary in certainty · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 46; Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 88
Sibling of Virtuous Consort Dong (德妃董氏)
elder brother 兄
youngest brother 季兄
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 46; Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 88
Child of Dong Guangsi (董光嗣)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 35, 46
Sibling of Dong Yuanzhi (董元之)
Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 88

Key source chapters

Career and standing

prefect 郡守
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 88
regional inspector 刺史
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 46

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

妃長兄瑀，以左贊善大夫致仕，仲兄元之、季兄自明，皆累歷郡守。 Her eldest brother Yu had retired as Left Supporter of the Heir Apparent; her second brother Yuanzhi and youngest brother Ziming had each served repeatedly as prefect.

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

妃兄三人：瑀官至太子右贊善大夫，玄之、自明皆至刺史。 She had three brothers: Yu rose to Right Supporter of the Heir Apparent in the Eastern Palace; Xuanzhi and Ziming both became regional inspectors.