Dou Xian 竇憲

Other names

Family

• Sibling of Empress Dou (窦后)
  brothers 兄弟 · Full siblings
  brother 兄 · Full siblings
  elder brother 兄
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 79; Book of Later Han 116, passage 16; Book of Later Han 117, passage 14
• Kin of Empress Dou (竇皇后)
  Dou kin 竇
  Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 39, passages 81, 286
• Sibling of Empress Dou (竇皇后)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 21
• Kin of Emperor He (和帝)
  maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 85
• Sibling of Empress Gonghuai (恭怀皇后)
  sibling 兄/弟 · Full siblings · maternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 125, passage 85
• Sibling of Dou Du (竇篤)
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 290
• Sibling of Dou Jing (竇景)
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 290

• Kinship Role brothers · Count 2 · brothers forced to suicide with him
  Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 117, passage 15
• Kinship Role brothers · 窦宪等 — Dou Xian and his brothers · Count 2
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 79
• Kinship Role brothers · 诸弟 · Quantity unknown
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 116, passage 16
• Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 286; Book of Later Han 114, passage 25

Career and standing

• Chariots and Cavalry General 车骑将军
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 85
• Grand General 大将军
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 195
• office 官
  Dismissed
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 79
• Grand General 大將軍
  AD 88 to AD 92 和帝即位 · Held
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 24, passage 46
• General of Chariots and Cavalry 车骑将军
  AD 89 永元元年 · Held
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 194
• holder of confidential affairs 秉機密
  AD 88 章帝崩 · Held
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 25

Places and affiliations

• Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 33, passage 287
• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 228
• At court assembly 朝會 · Relation Present at
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 291

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 23

Events and relationships

• Campaigned against the Xiongnu at public expense
  AD 89 to AD 92 是時，憲征匈奴 · Military · Commander · At Xiongnu frontier 匈奴
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 33, passage 290
• Campaigned against western qiang
  Military · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 87
• Campaigned against Xiongnu
  AD 88 to AD 92 和帝即位 · Military · Commander
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 24, passage 47
• Campaigned against xiongnu
  Military · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 125, passage 85
• Dominated court
  AD 89 和帝永元元年 · Political · Regent manager
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 116, passage 16
• Forcibly took fields
  Economic · Seizer · With Senior Princess of Qinshui (沁水長公主)
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 22

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment arrogant, self-indulgent, and illegally extravagant · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passages 289-290
• Assessment disaster of an unworthy maternal relative · Mode quotation Speaker Murong Huang (慕容皝)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passages 228, 254
• Assessment feared by everyone at court · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 114, passage 21
• Assessment fierce and cruel · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 116, passage 16
• Assessment headquarters literary brilliance capped the age · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 196
• Assessment monopolized power and intimidated court and provinces · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 46

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 46; Book of Later Han 33, passage 287; Book of Later Han 39, passage 286; Book of Later Han 119, passage 79