Du Qin 杜欽

Other names

Family

• Kin of Nephew of Du Qin
  elder brother's son 兄子
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 98
• Sibling of Du Huan (杜緩)
  middle younger brother 中弟 · Uncertain siblings
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 77; Book of Han 70, passage 77

• Kinship Role sons-brothers-and-collateral-relatives · Quantity nearly ten · Nearly ten attained two-thousand-picul rank.
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 191

Career and standing

• office 官
  Did not reach · Negated true
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 77
• consultant grandee 議郎
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 159
• intendant of the arsenal on the general's staff 大將軍軍武庫令
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 82

Places and affiliations

• Polity Han · 漢家
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 96
• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 151
• Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passage 77

Learning and skills

• Loved classical learning from youth.
  Subjects classical texts
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 78

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author · About Person Id Feng Fengshi (馮奉世)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passages 108-118
• Memorial · Author · About Person Id Feng Yewang (馮野王)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passages 157-167
• Policy examination response · Speaker · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Du Qin (杜欽) · Addressed to Emperor Cheng of Han (漢成帝) · Topic Answered on kingship, filial conduct, choosing officials, frugality, and succession.
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passages 138-158
• Policy examination response · Speaker · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Du Qin (杜欽) · Addressed to Emperor Cheng of Han (漢成帝) · Topic Interpreted eclipses and earthquakes as warnings about the harem and urged moral reform.
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passages 100-130
• Policy advice · Speaker · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Du Qin (杜欽) · Addressed to Wang Feng (王鳳) · Topic Proposed inviting criticism to dispel suspicion after Wang Zhang died in prison.
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passages 182-187
• Policy memorial · Speaker · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Du Qin (杜欽) · Addressed to Wang Feng (王鳳) · Topic Urged a regulated nine-consort system and warned against sexual excess.
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passages 84-96, 227-243

Events and relationships

• Persuaded Wang Feng to apologize and offer resignation, enabling his restoration after Wang Zhang's attack.
  Political · Adviser · Counterpart Person Ids Wang Feng (王鳳), Wang Zhang (王章)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passages 166, 178
• Persuaded Wang Feng to appoint a competing technical team for the Pingyuan breach
  Hydraulic · Adviser · With Wang Feng (王鳳), Yang Yan (楊焉), Xu Shang (許商), Chengma Yannian (乘馬延年)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 151, 156, 159
• Recommended Wang Jun, Wei Anshi, and Wang Yanshi; defended Feng Yewang, Wang Zun, and Hu Chang; and shaped several praised policies.
  Policy · Adviser · Counterpart Person Ids Wang Jun (王駿), Wei Anshi (韋安世), Wang Yanshi (王延世), Feng Yewang (馮野王), Wang Zun (王尊), Hu Chang (胡常)
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 161
• Resigned after the affair between Sima Junli and his nephew became public.
  Career · Resigned
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 98
• Withdrew from office and died naturally at an advanced age.
  Career · Retired
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 190

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment most renowned among the brothers though he did not reach high office · Mode named-source-report Source Work Han History 漢書
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 77
• Partially blind in one eye.
  Disability
  Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 78

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 77