Dou Mengzheng (竇夢徵)

Overview

Dou Mengzheng was an official and Writer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 931 長興二年
Died
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 137
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 108

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 930 天成初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passages 198-199
AD 926 天成初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 107
AD 915 to AD 921 梁貞明中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 97
AD 931 長興二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 137

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Career and standing

Hanlin academician 學士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 198
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 96, 102, 107
Hanlin academician; Works Vice Minister 翰林學士、工部侍郎
AD 931 長興二年 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 137
Minister of Rites 禮部尚書
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 108
demotion to provincial post 左授外任
Suffered · Authority Youzhen (友貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 99

Places and affiliations

At Tongzhou 同州 · Relation Native
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 95

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 96

Works and attributed material

A Eulogy for the Former Lord 祭故君文
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 103
Eastern Hall Collection 東堂集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 115
Eulogy · Author · With Youzhen (友貞) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 103-105
Memorial · Author · With Qian Liu (錢鏐)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 98

Events and relationships

Drafted model poem and fu
Scholarly · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 198
Dreamed warning
Omen · Dreamer · Mode dream Source Work Jade Hall Idle Talk 玉堂閑話
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 109-110, 114
Relation Requested composition from · Person Li Yi (李懌)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 199

Assessments and attributes

Assessment upright norms; model for gentry · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 174

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

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乙亥，翰林學士、工部侍郎竇夢徵卒。 On yihai Hanlin scholar and works vice minister Dou Mengzheng died.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 11 passages

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竇夢徵，同州人。 Dou Mengzheng was a native of Tongzhou.

夢徵以鏐無功於中原，兵柄不宜虛授，其言切直。 Mengzheng argued that Liu had done nothing for the central realm and that military command should not be handed out lightly. His memorial was blunt and uncompromising.

〈（《玉堂閑話》：竇以錢公無功於本朝，僻在一方，坐邀恩澤，不稱是命，乃抱麻哭於朝。 (Jade Hall Idle Talk records that Dou argued Lord Qian had done nothing for the dynasty yet sat in a remote corner receiving favors unearned by merit. Deeming the commission unfitting, he embraced the mourning hemp and wept in open court.

翌日，竇謫掾於東州。）〉 The next day Dou was banished to serve as an aide in an eastern prefecture.)〉

及莊宗入汴，夢徵以例貶沂州，居嘗感梁末帝舊恩，因為《祭故君文》云：「嗚呼！ When Zhuangzong took Bian, Mengzheng was demoted under the usual purge to Yizhou. Grateful still for the Last Liang Emperor's past kindness, he wrote A Eulogy for the Former Lord, which begins: "Alas!

〈（《玉堂閑話》：竇失意被謫，嘗鬱鬱不樂，曾夢有人謂曰：「君無自苦，不久當復故職。 (Jade Hall Idle Talk adds that Dou, disheartened in exile, grew despondent. In a dream someone told him, "Do not torment yourself — you will soon return to your former post.

其後竇復居禁職。 He later returned to a palace post.

竇忽憶夢中所言，深惡其事。 Dou suddenly remembered the dream and dreaded what it foretold.

夢徵隨計之秋，文稱甚高，尤長於箋啟，編為十卷，目曰《東堂集》，行於世。 At the time of his civil-service examination his writing won high praise. He excelled especially at letters and memorials, which were collected in ten fascicles as Eastern Hall Collection and circulated widely.

與學士竇夢徵同年登第，鄰居友善，夢徵卒，讚與同年楊凝式緦麻為位而哭，其家無嫡長，與視喪事，恤其孀稚，人士稱之。 He had passed the jinshi in the same year as Hanlin academician Dou Mengzheng, and they were friendly neighbors. When Mengzheng died, Zan and his year-mate Yang Ningshi donned hemp mourning and wept at the bier. The family had no eldest son, so Zan helped manage the funeral and cared for the widow and children — conduct widely praised.

如廷珪之文學，崔沂之剛正，劉嶽之典禮，舜卿之掌誥，洎夢徵而下，皆蔚有貞規，無虧懿範，固可以為搢紳之圭表，聳朝廷之羽儀，以之垂名，夫何不韙。 Men such as Tinggui in letters, Yi in integrity, Yue in ritual, Shunqing in edict drafting, and from Mengzheng downward all upheld steadfast standards without blemish on their reputations. They may serve as models for the official class and ornaments of the court. To leave such names to posterity — what could be more fitting?

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 92Volume 92 Book of Later Jin 18: Biographies 7: Yao Yi, Lu Qi, Liang Wenju, Shi Gui, Pei Hao, Wu Chengfan, Lu Dao, Zheng Taoguang, Wang Quan, Han Yun, Li Yi · 2 passages

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學士竇夢徵、張礪輩撰格詩格賦各一，送中書，宰相未以為允。 Academicians Dou Mengzheng, Zhang Li, and others each drafted a model poem and model fu and sent them to the Secretariat, but the chief ministers did not approve them.

夢徵等請懌為之，懌笑而答曰：「李懌識字有數，頃歲因人偶得及第，敢與後生髦俊為之標格！ Mengzheng and the others asked Yi to do it. Yi smiled and said, "Li Yi knows only so many characters. A few years ago I passed the examination only by chance through others' help. How dare I set the standard for the brilliant young men of today!