Sui and Tang · Eunuch

Dou Wenchang 竇文場

Attested AD 799

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dou Wenchang was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 799 事全義
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 108

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 2 passages

興卒伍，以巧佞事宦者竇文場，擢累長武城使，進拜夏綏銀宥節度使，詔以長武兵赴之。 He rose from the ranks of soldiers and, through crafty flattery, served the eunuch Dou Wenchang; he was promoted repeatedly to Changwu Fort commander and then to military governor of Xia-Sui-Yin-You, with an edict that Changwu troops go to join him.

德宗以文場素為全義地，因用為淮西行營招討使，以陳許節度使上官涚副之，諸鎮兵皆屬。 Emperor Dezong, because Wenchang had always been Quanyi's patron, appointed him pacification commissioner for the Huainan West campaign, with Chenxu military governor Shangguan Shui as his deputy; troops from all the circuits were placed under his command.