Overview
Dou Rongding was a Sui General.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 583 三年，突厥寇甘州
AD 583 to AD 585 北伐
AD 582 後數月
AD 583 開皇三年前後
Key source chapters
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Book of Sui, Chapter 53
Volume 53 Biographies 18: Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang
2 passages
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Book of Sui, Chapter 44
Volume 44 Biographies 9: Teng Mu Wangzan, Daodao Wangjing, Caiwang Zhiji
1 passage
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Book of Sui, Chapter 51
Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan
1 passage
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Book of Sui, Chapter 56
Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang
1 passage
Places and affiliations
- Polity Sui
- Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
References in the histories
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Book of Sui, Chapter 44Volume 44 Biographies 9: Teng Mu Wangzan, Daodao Wangjing, Caiwang Zhiji · 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 51Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan · 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 18: Daxi Zhangru, Helou Zigan, Shi Wansui, Liu Fang · 2 passages
徵授營新都副監，尋拜工部尚書．其年，突厥復犯塞，以行軍總管從竇榮定擊之．子幹別路破賊，斬首千餘級，高祖嘉之，遣通事舍人曹威齎優詔勞勉之．子幹請入朝，詔令馳驛奉見．吐谷渾復寇邊，西方多被其害，命子幹討之．馳驛至河西，發五州兵，入掠其國，殺男女萬餘口，二旬而還．高祖以隴西頻被寇掠，甚患之．彼俗不設村塢，敕子幹勒民為堡，營田積穀，以備不虞．子幹上書曰：「比者兇寇侵擾，蕩滅之期，匪朝伊夕．伏願聖慮，勿以為懷．今臣在此，觀機而作，不得準詔行事．且隴西、河右，土曠民稀，邊境未寧，不可廣為田種．比見屯田之所，獲少費多，虛役人功，卒逢踐暴．屯田疏遠者，請皆廢省．但隴右之民以畜牧為事，若更屯聚，彌不獲安．只可嚴謹斥候，豈容集人聚畜．請要路之所，加其防守．但使鎮戍連接，烽候相望，民雖散居，必謂無慮．」高祖從之．俄而虜寇岷、洮二州，子幹勒兵赴之，賊聞而遁去．
He was summoned as deputy supervisor of the new capital works, then made minister of works. That year the Turks again raided the frontier; as commander on campaign he followed Dou Rongding. Zigan took a separate route, routed the enemy, and took more than a thousand heads. Gaozu commended him and sent the attendant of affairs Cao Wei with a favoring edict of consolation. Zigan asked to attend court and was ordered to come post-haste by relay. The Tuyuhun raided again and ravaged the west; Zigan was sent against them. He galloped to Hexi, raised troops from five prefectures, invaded their lands, and killed more than ten thousand men and women, returning within twenty days. Gaozu was deeply troubled that Longxi was repeatedly plundered. The people there did not build walled villages; he ordered Zigan to compel them to fortify, open military farms, and store grain against emergencies. Zigan memorialized: “The raiders have been harassing us lately, but their destruction is not far off—I pray Your Majesty not to worry. Here I watch for the moment to act and cannot always follow the statutes to the letter. Longxi and the lands west of the River are wide and thinly peopled; the border is not yet secure, and broad farming is impossible. I have seen that military colonies yield little for great cost, wasting labor only to be overrun. I ask that distant colonies be abolished. The people of Longyou live by herding; if we herd them into colonies they will be still less secure. Strict scouting is enough—we cannot mass people and livestock together. Strengthen the defenses on the main routes; if garrisons link and beacons face one another, the people may live scattered and still be safe.” Gaozu agreed. Soon the barbarians raided Min and Tao; Zigan marched to meet them and they fled at the news.
爾朱勣以謀反伏誅，萬歲頗相關涉，坐除名，配敦煌為戍卒．其戍主甚驍武，每單騎深入突厥中，掠取羊馬，輒大剋獲．突厥無眾寡，莫之敢當．其人深自矜負，數罵辱萬歲．萬歲患之，自言亦有武用．戍主試令馳射而工，戍主笑曰：「小人定可．」萬歲請弓馬，復掠突厥中，大得六畜而歸．戍主始善之，每與同行，輒入突厥數百里，名讋北夷．竇榮定之擊突厥也，萬歲詣轅門請自效．榮定數聞其名，見而大悅．因遣人謂突厥曰：「士卒何罪過，令殺之，但當各遣一壯士決勝負耳．」突厥許諾，因遣一騎挑戰．榮定遣萬歲出應之，萬歲馳斬其首而還．突厥大驚，不敢復戰，遂引軍而去．由是拜上儀同，領車騎將軍．平陳之役，又以功加上開府．
Erzhu Ji was executed for treason; Wansui was somewhat implicated, stripped of rank, and sent to Dunhuang as a garrison soldier. The garrison commander was a fierce fighter who often rode alone deep into Turk lands for sheep and horses and always returned with rich spoils. No Turk band, large or small, dared face him. Proud and overbearing, he repeatedly abused Wansui. Wansui, resenting this, said he too had martial skill. The commander tested him at mounted archery and found him expert. The commander laughed, “The fellow will do.” Wansui took bow and horse, raided the Turks again, and came back with great herds. The commander then favored him and often rode with him hundreds of li into Turk territory until his name terrified the northern tribes. When Dou Rongding attacked the Turks, Wansui came to the camp gate and offered to prove himself in service. Rongding had often heard of him and was delighted. He sent word to the Turks: “What crime have ordinary soldiers committed that you kill them? Let each side send one champion to decide the matter.” The Turks agreed and sent a challenger. Rongding sent Wansui out; he galloped forward, struck off the man’s head, and returned. The Turks were terrified, would not fight again, and withdrew. For this Wansui was made director with equal standing of the first rank and general of chariots and cavalry. In the conquest of Chen he was again promoted to superior director of the bureau for his merit.
Book of Sui, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang · 1 passage