Sui and Tang · Official and Scholar

Dou Qun 竇群

Attested AD 779 - AD 820

Passages: 13
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dou Qun was an official and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Danlie	丹列	Danlie

Life and dates

Death

died on the road while recalled 卒於行 · Age Value: 55 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 32

Attested activity

AD 779 to AD 805 德宗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 8
AD 805 to AD 820 憲宗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 28
AD 805 憲宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 19

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Dou Ku (竇庠)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 35
Sibling of Dou Chang (竇常)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 35
Sibling of Dou Mou (竇牟)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 35
Sibling of Dou Gong (竇鞏)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 35
Child of Dou Shuxiang (竇叔向)
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 3
Child of Mother of Dou Qun (竇群母)
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 5

elder brothers Chang and Mou and younger brothers Ku and Gong 兄常、牟，弟庠、鞏
Kinship Role brothers · Count 4
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 35

Career and standing

Attending Censor 侍御史
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 9
censor-in-chief 中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 23
Left Reminder 左拾遺
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 8
observation commissioner of Hunan 湖南觀察使
Demoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 28
Left Regular Cavalryman-in-Attendance 左散騎常侍
Posthumous
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 32

Places and affiliations

At Jincheng in Jingzhao 京兆金城
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 2

Learning and skills

Not earned
Credential jinshi 進士 · Negated true · brothers earned; he alone remained a retired scholar
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 4

Works and attributed material

Linked Pearls 聯珠集
Relation Co author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 35
Speech · Speaker · With Dezong (德宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passages 9-10
Speech · Speaker · With Wang Shuwen (王叔文)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passages 14, 16-17

Events and relationships

Tortured and accused
Political · Accuser · With Chen Deng (陳登) · Counterpart Person Id Li Jifu (李吉甫)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 27

Assessments and attributes

Assessment harsh, willful, swift to settle scores · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 33

References in the histories

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History

13 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 13 passages

竇群，字丹列，京兆金城人。 Dou Qun, whose style name was Danlie, came from Jincheng in Jingzhao.

群兄弟皆擢進士第，獨群以處士客隱毗陵。 All of Qun's brothers won the jinshi degree; he alone lived as a retired scholar in hiding at Piling.

時張薦持節使吐蕃，乃遷群侍御史，為薦判官，入見帝曰：「陛下即位二十年，始自草茅擢臣為拾遺，何其難也？ When Zhang Jian held credentials as envoy to Tibet, Qun was moved to Attending Censor and made his judicial aide. He appeared before the emperor and said, "Sire, in twenty years on the throne you have only now lifted me from the thatched hut to Reminder—how rare such advancement is!

王叔文黨盛，雅不喜群，群亦悻悻不肯附。 Wang Shuwen's party was ascendant and had little regard for Qun; Qun in turn sullenly refused to join them.

群往見叔文曰：「事有不可知者。」 Qun went to Shuwen and said, "Some things cannot be foreseen."

元衡輔政，薦群代為中丞。 Yuanheng, as chief minister, recommended Qun to replace him as censor-in-chief.

群引呂溫、羊士諤為御史，吉甫以二人躁險，持不下。 Qun nominated Lü Wen and Yang Shie as censors; Jifu judged them reckless and would not confirm them.

群忮狠，反怨吉甫。 Qun was spiteful and turned his resentment on Jifu.

吉甫節度淮南，群謂失恩，因擠之。 When Jifu went out to Huainan as military commissioner, Qun thought he had fallen from grace and worked to squeeze him out.

陳登者，善術，夜過吉甫家，群即捕登掠考，上言吉甫陰事。 A man named Chen Deng, versed in divination, visited Jifu's house at night; Qun seized him, tortured him, and accused Jifu of clandestine affairs.

憲宗面覆登，得其情，大怒，將誅群，吉甫為救解，乃免，出為湖南觀察使。 Xianzong examined Deng face to face, learned the facts, flew into a rage and nearly put Qun to death; Jifu interceded, he was spared, and was demoted to observation commissioner of Hunan.

群狠自用，果於復怨。 Qun was harsh, willful, and swift to settle scores.

如群、棲楚輩則然，肆訐以示公，構黨以植私，其言纚纚若可聽，卒而入於敗亂也。 Men such as Qun and Qichu do the same—parade accusation as public duty, knit factions for private ends; their speech glides like truth, yet ends in ruin.