Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar and Filial Exemplar

Du Qi 杜栖

Dù Qī

Attested AD 479 - AD 502

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Qi was a scholar and Filial Exemplar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Mengshan	孟山	Mèngshān

Life and dates

Death

Died · Cause Died after a grief stricken dream of his father
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 237

Age

Years 36 · Reckoning Source stated
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 239

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 502 南齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Du Jingchan (杜京產)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 219

Career and standing

Aide in the Deliberation Bureau 議曹從事
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 228
University Scholar in charge of marriage and capping ceremonies 學士掌婚冠儀
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 230
Western Section Assistant 西曹佐
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 228

Places and affiliations

At Qiantang, Wu commandery · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 2

Learning and skills

Skill zither 琴 · Level accomplished
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 224
Skill pure conversation 清言 · Level excellent
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 224

Events and relationships

Abstained from food and drink for seven days and maintained severe mourning for his father
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 233
Returned home to support his elderly father
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 231
Relation Student of · Person Liu Huan (劉瓛)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 223

Assessments and attributes

plump, fair, tall, and strong before his father’s illness
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 232

References in the histories

Search passages

History

9 passages

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 9 passages

崔懷慎公孫僧遠吳欣之韓係伯孫淡華寶韓靈敏封延伯吳達之王文殊朱謙之蕭叡明樂頤江泌杜栖陸絳 Cui Huaishen, Gongsun Sengyuan, Wu Xinzhi, Han Xibo, Sun Dan, Hua Bao, Han Lingmin, Feng Yanbo, Wu Dazhi, Wang Wenshu, Zhu Qianzhi, Xiao Ruiming, Le Yi, Jiang Bi, Du Qi, and Lu Jiang

杜栖字孟山，吳郡錢唐人，徵士京產子也。 Du Qi, courtesy name Mengshan, was from Qiantang in Wu commandery, son of the recluse Jingchan.

同郡張融與京產相友，每相造言論，栖常在側。 Zhang Rong of the same commandery was a friend of Jingchan. Whenever they met to discuss learning, Qi was always present.

融指栖曰：「昔陳太丘之召元方，方之為劣。 Rong pointed to Qi and said: "When Chen Taqiu summoned Yuanfang, Yuanfang was the lesser son.

栖出京師，從儒士劉瓛受學。 Qi left the capital to study under the scholar Liu Huan.

國子祭酒何胤治禮，又重栖，以為學士，掌婚冠儀。 He Yin, chancellor of the Imperial University and expert in ritual, also valued Qi, made him a university scholar, and put him in charge of marriage and capping ceremonies.

栖肥白長壯，及京產疾，旬日閒便皮骨自支。 Qi had been plump, fair, and strong; when Jingchan fell ill, within ten days Qi was skin and bone.

京產亡，水漿不入口七日，晨夕不罷哭，不食鹽菜。 When Jingchan died, Qi took no food or drink for seven days, wept without cease morning and evening, and ate neither salt nor seasoned vegetables.

初，胤兄點見栖歎曰：「卿風韻如此，雖獲嘉譽，不永年矣。」 Earlier Yin's brother Dian saw Qi and sighed: "With grace like yours, though you win praise, you will not live long."