RRaised up by Wang Lian as Commandant of the Bureau of Manufactures, and served as Administrator of several commanderiesShu 11 §10Shu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from the campaign listCh. 91 §42
Du Qi 杜祺
| Occupation | ROfficial · Major under the General-in-Chief NOfficial · Acting Army Adviser | Faction | Shu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears | RN | Biography in | |
| Born | Native place | Nanyang Commandery | |
| Existence | Historical | Mentions | R4 |
Profile
Du Qi was an official of Shu and a man of Nanyang. He has no biography of his own in the Records; his name appears in the record of Lü Yi in Records of Shu 9 and the record of Wang Lian in Records of Shu 11. After Liu Bei pacified Yi Province, at the request of Wang Lian, the Colonel in charge of salt and iron, he became Commandant of the Bureau of Manufactures together with Lü Yi and Liu Gan, and later served as Administrator of several commanderies, Army Supervisor and Major under the General-in-Chief. Records, Shu 9 §39 · 43Records, Shu 11 §10
Chen Shou wrote that Du Qi and Liu Gan were both close friends of Lü Yi and were also praised in their time, but that in frugality and observance of the law they did not match Lü Yi. In the Romance he first appears in Chapter 91, in Zhuge Liang's list of those setting out on campaign, as an Acting Army Adviser and General of the Household of Martial Strategy; he appears only in this one of its 120 chapters, and no chapter has his name in its title. Records, Shu 9 §43Romance, Ch. 91 §41–42
In the Records
According to the record of Lü Yi, Liu Bei, after pacifying Yi Province, established a Colonel of the Salt Office to manage the profits of salt and iron; later the Colonel Wang Lian requested Lü Yi, Du Qi of Nanyang, Liu Gan of Nanxiang and others, and all were made Commandants of the Bureau of Manufactures. Records, Shu 9 §39
The record of Wang Lian likewise states that when Wang Lian, promoted to Colonel in Charge of Salt, managed the monopoly on the profits of salt and iron and so helped the state's finances, he selected outstanding talents to be his subordinates, and that men such as Lü Yi, Du Qi and Liu Gan all eventually reached high office and were all men Wang Lian had raised up. Records, Shu 11 §10
Du Qi served as Administrator of several commanderies, Army Supervisor and Major under the General-in-Chief. At the end of the record of Lü Yi, Chen Shou added that Du Qi and Liu Gan, who rose to Administrator of Baxi, were both close friends of Lü Yi and were also praised in their time, but that in frugality and observance of the law they did not match Lü Yi. Chen Shou's main text does not record Du Qi's courtesy name, which commanderies he governed or when he died, and he does not appear in the assessment of Records of Shu 9 either. Records, Shu 9 §43 · 45
In the Romance
In Chapter 91 of the Romance, Zhuge Liang receives the edict, returns to his headquarters and summons the generals to assign them their duties. Du Qi's name appears in this list among the Acting Army Advisers, as General of the Household of Martial Strategy, alongside the Lieutenant General Du Yi and the Commandant Who Pacifies the Rong Sheng Bo. All the officials on the list follow Zhuge Liang, and the day for setting out against Wei is fixed as the bingyin day of the 3rd month, in spring of the 5th year of Jianxing (227). Romance, Ch. 91 §41–43
In the Romance Du Qi appears only in this one line of the list, and neither the duties he took on nor his later deeds are depicted. Romance, Ch. 91 §42
Where the Romance differs
Offices: In Chapter 91 of the Romance, Du Qi appears only as an Acting Army Adviser and General of the Household of Martial Strategy in the list of those setting out on campaign. Chen Shou's main text states only that after becoming Commandant of the Bureau of Manufactures he served as Administrator of several commanderies, Army Supervisor and Major under the General-in-Chief, and does not record him as Acting Army Adviser or General of the Household of Martial Strategy. Romance, Ch. 91 §42Records, Shu 9 §39 · 43
Advancement and friendship: In Chen Shou's main text, Du Qi appears as a subordinate raised up by Wang Lian and as a close friend of Lü Yi. In the list in Chapter 91 of the Romance, Lü Yi also appears, as deputy general of the Rear Army (General Who Pacifies Distant Lands and acting Administrator of Hanzhong), but neither Wang Lian's advancement of Du Qi nor the friendship between the two appears. Romance, Ch. 91 §41–42Records, Shu 11 §10Records, Shu 9 §43
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Abilities
The Records score (Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms, main text) is the baseline. Each ability compares how the Romance redrew the same person, and the evidence from both sources explains the difference.
Records total428 / 1000Rank 461 of 996 · Top 47%Romance total388 / 1000Rank 602 of 1,113 · Top 55%
Romance adaptation index−40Romance total − Records total
- LEA4542−3
- STR3538+3
- INT4242±0
- POL5538−17
- CHA5038−12
- VIR4245+3
- ADP4540−5
- SCH3835−3
- DIP3835−3
- DIS3835−3
Abilities shaped by the Romance — where it differs from the Records Differences of 10 or more
RWas a close friend of Lü Yi and was praised in his timeShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from the campaign listCh. 91 §42
8 similar abilities — show evidence
RNo direct record — estimated from his service as Army Supervisor and Major under the General-in-ChiefShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from his post as Acting Army Adviser on the campaignCh. 91 §42
RNo direct record — estimated from his career as a civil officialShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from his title of General of the Household of Martial StrategyCh. 91 §42
RNo direct record — estimated from his official careerShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from his post of Acting Army AdviserCh. 91 §42
RIn frugality and observance of the law he did not match Lü YiShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from the campaign listCh. 91 §42
RNo direct record — estimated from his official careerShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from the campaign listCh. 91 §42
RNo direct record — estimated from his official careerShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from the campaign listCh. 91 §42
RNo direct record — estimated from his official careerShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from the campaign listCh. 91 §42
RNo direct record — estimated from his official careerShu 9 §43
NNo direct record — estimated from the campaign listCh. 91 §42
Records Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
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Allegiance history
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