Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Dou Changjun 竇長君

Attested BC 180 - BC 157

Passages: 7
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Dou Changjun was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 180 to BC 157 孝文時…竇長君
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 46, passages 32, 40
BC 180 to BC 157 孝文時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 100, passages 38, 48
BC 157 竇長君在時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 57, passage 185

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Dou Pengzu (竇彭祖)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 57, passage 185

Key source chapters

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Cao Qiusheng (曹丘生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 100, passage 51

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 46Volume 37: Ji Bu, Luan Bu and Tian Shu · 3 passages

辯士曹丘生數招權顧金錢，事貴人趙談等，與竇長君善。 The rhetorician Cao Qiusheng repeatedly cultivated influence and sought money, attached himself to prominent men such as Zhao Tan, and befriended Dou Changjun.

布聞，寄書諫長君曰：「吾聞曹丘生非長者，勿與通。」 When Ji Bu heard of it, he wrote to Dou Changjun warning him, "Cao Qiusheng is no man of substance; have nothing to do with him."

竇長君曰：「季將軍不說足下，足下無往。」 Dou Changjun said, "General Ji dislikes you; you had better not go."

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 1 passage

自竇長君在時，竟不得侯，死後乃［封］其子彭祖顧得侯。 While Dou Changjun was still alive, he never managed to become a marquis. It was only after his death that his son Pengzu finally received the title.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 100Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu · 3 passages

事貴人趙同等，與竇長君善。 He had attached himself to prominent figures such as Zhao Tong and was on friendly terms with Dou Changjun.

季布聞之，寄書諫竇長君曰：「吾聞曹丘生非長者，勿與通。」 Ji Bu heard this and sent a letter admonishing Dou Changjun, saying, 'I have heard that Cao Qiu Sheng is not an upright person—do not associate with him.'

竇長君曰：「季將軍不說足下，足下無往。」 Dou Changjun said, 'General Ji is not pleased with you—you should not go.'