Song, Liao, and Jin · Physician and Official

Han Dechong 韓德崇

Hán Déchóng

Attested AD 969 - AD 1012

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Han Dechong was a Physician and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 983 to AD 1012 統和
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 42
AD 969 匡嗣諸子
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 74, passage 142

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Han Derang (韓德讓)
brother 兄 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 82, passages 42, 121
Parent of Empress (皇后)
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 82, passages 42, 46
Parent of Zhixin (制心)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 42
Child of Han Kuangsi (韓匡嗣)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 74, passage 142

Key source chapters

Career and standing

physician 醫
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 42

Learning and skills

Skill diagnosis by complexion 視人形色輒決其病
Directly stated · History of Liao 82, passage 42

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu · 1 passage

五子：德源，德讓，後賜名隆運，德威，德崇，德凝。 He had five sons: Deyuan; Derang, later granted the name Longyun; Dewei; Dechong; and Dening.

History of Liao, Chapter 82Volume 82 Biographies 12: Yelu Longyun, Yelu Boguzhe, Xiao Yanga, Wu Bai, Xiao Changge, Yelu Hugu · 1 passage

父德崇，善醫，視人形色，輒決其病，累官至武定軍節度使。 His father Dechong was a physician who could read illness at a glance from a patient's face and bearing; he rose through successive posts to Wuding Army Military Commissioner.