Dong Chong 董重
| Occupation | NGeneral · General of Agile Cavalry | Faction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears | N | Biography in | |
| Born | N? Unverified | Native place | |
| Died | N189 Unverified | Place of death | |
| Cause of death | NSuicide Unverified | ||
| Existence | Fictional | Mentions |
Profile
Dong Chong was the imperial uncle on Empress Dong's side who appeared in Chapter 2 of the Romance. In the 6th year of Zhongping (189), when Emperor Ling died and the heir apparent Bian, born to He Jin's younger sister, became emperor, he was enfeoffed as General of Agile Cavalry by an edict that Empress Dong issued on Zhang Rang's advice. After the two empresses quarreled, He Jin sent the palace guards to surround his house and pressed him to hand over his seal and ribbon, and he cut his own throat in the rear hall. Romance, Ch. 2 §36–37 · 41 · 45 · 48–49
He appears in only one of the Romance's 120 chapters, Chapter 2, and he is not named in any chapter title. His name occurs in three passages in all: the passage in which Zhang Rang recommends him and he is enfeoffed as General of Agile Cavalry, and the passages in which he dies. He does not appear in Chen Shou's main text or in Pei Songzhi's commentary. Romance, Ch. 2 §45 · 48–49
In the Romance
In Chapter 2 of the Romance, in the summer, the 4th month, of the 6th year of Zhongping (189), Emperor Ling fell gravely ill. Empress He, He Jin's younger sister, had borne the imperial prince Bian, while the imperial prince Xie, born to Meiren Wang, whom Emperor Ling favored, was raised in the palace of Emperor Ling's mother, Empress Dong, after Empress He poisoned Meiren Wang. Empress Dong had earlier urged that Xie be made heir apparent, and Emperor Ling also wished to set Xie up. Romance, Ch. 2 §36–38
When Emperor Ling died, He Jin gave Yuan Shao 5,000 men of the Imperial Guard, led more than thirty high officials in, and set the heir apparent Bian on the throne before Emperor Ling's coffin, and the Regular Palace Attendant Jian Shuo, who had sought to set Xie up, was killed. When Empress He entrusted He Jin with the post of Intendant of the Affairs of the Masters of Writing, Empress Dong summoned Zhang Rang and others and asked what she should do, saying that it was she who had first raised up He Jin's younger sister, yet now that woman's son had become emperor and their authority and power had grown far too heavy. Romance, Ch. 2 §40–42 · 44–45
Zhang Rang advised that if Empress Dong came to court, lowered the screen and heard state affairs, enfeoffed the imperial prince Xie as a prince, gave the imperial uncle Dong Chong high office so that he held military power, and made weighty use of the eunuchs, great things could be accomplished. Overjoyed, Empress Dong issued an edict at court the next day enfeoffing Xie as Prince of Chenliu and Dong Chong as General of Agile Cavalry, and had Zhang Rang and the others take part in court affairs together. Romance, Ch. 2 §45
When Empress He held a banquet and urged that women should not meddle in the government of the court, Empress Dong flew into a rage and said that ordering the General of Agile Cavalry to cut off He Jin's head would be as easy as turning over her hand. He Jin, having heard of this from Empress He, consulted the Three Excellencies and the next day had the court officials memorialize that Empress Dong, originally the consort of a vassal king, ought to move to Hejian. On the one hand he sent men to send Empress Dong away; on the other he sent the palace guards to surround the house of the General of Agile Cavalry Dong Chong and pressed him to hand over his seal and ribbon. Romance, Ch. 2 §46–48
Knowing that matters had become desperate, Dong Chong cut his own throat in the rear hall, and only when his household raised their lament did the soldiers disperse. Seeing that Empress Dong's faction had collapsed, Zhang Rang and Duan Gui sent gold, silver and treasures to He Jin's younger brother He Miao and his mother Wuyangjun so that they would speak in their defense before Empress He, and in the 6th month He Jin secretly had a man poison Empress Dong at the post station of Hejian. Romance, Ch. 2 §49–50
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Abilities
There is no record in the main text of Chen Shou’s Records, so only the Romance score is given.
- LEA38
- STR35
- INT32
- POL35
- CHA35
- VIR38
- ADP22
- SCH35
- DIP33
- DIS30
Evidence by ability
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
NNo direct record — estimated from his position as imperial uncle and General of Agile CavalryCh. 2 §45
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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