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Du Yu

Western Jin general and classical scholar who took over Jingzhou in 278, took Jiangling in 280 and wrote on the Zuo Zhuan

Also known as Zi Yuankai · Armory Du · Du Yu of Zuo Zhuan

Du Yu, courtesy name Yuankai, from Duling in Jingzhao, born in 222, was an official, general and classical scholar of late Wei and early Western Jin, nicknamed the Arsenal. He married a sister of Sima Zhao and pressed for the campaign against Wu. After Yang Hu died in 278 he took command in Jingzhou; in 280 his forces took Jiangling, and Eastern Wu soon fell. While in Jingzhou he restored irrigation works for the farmland. He wrote the Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Zuo Commentary and said he was addicted to the Zuo Zhuan. He died at Deng in 285, aged sixty-three, and was named Marquis Cheng.

Life and times

  1. 222 CEBornThree KingdomsJin
  2. 280Western Jin Unification of ChinaTook partage 58Multi-pronged naval advance down the Yangtze, terminating a century of Three Kingdoms division.
    1. Wang Jun's Fleet Takes WuEmperor Wu of Jin deployed six armies and Wang Jun's immense naval flotilla down the Yangtze, securing the surrender of Eastern Wu in 280 CE.
  3. 285 CEDied

Works

  1. Literature · Prose17
    1. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo CommentaryJinDu Yu's commentary interleaving the Annals and the Zuo Tradition; the oldest complete one
    2. Explanation of the Rules of the Spring and AutumnJinDu Yu's Western Jin study classifying the rules of wording in the Annals and the Zuo Commentary
    3. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Preface to the Zuo Commentary on the Spring and AutumnJin
    4. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke YinJin
    5. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke HuanJin
    6. +12 more
      1. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke ZhuangJin
      2. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke MinJin
      3. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke XiJin
      4. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke WenJin
      5. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke XuanJin
      6. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke ChengJin
      7. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke XiangJin
      8. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke ZhaoJin
      9. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke DingJin
      10. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Classic and the Zuo Commentary: Duke AiJin
      11. Explanation of the Rules of the Spring and Autumn: Juan 1Jin
      12. Explanation of the Rules of the Spring and Autumn: Rule 1: The Accession of the Duke (Explanation)Jin
  2. Literature · Sayings3
    1. Tracing Things from Origin to OutcomeJinIdiom from Du Yu's preface to the Zuo Commentary: follow events from root to branch
    2. Doubts Melting Like Ice: Du Yu on Reading the Zuo CommentaryJinIdiom from Du Yu's preface to the Zuo Commentary: doubts melting away like ice
    3. Punish the Wicked and Encourage the GoodJinLine from Du Yu's preface to the Zuo Commentary: history that punishes evil and rewards good

Family tree

  1. Direct kin
    Du Yu
    Wife's elder brother
    Sima Zhao

Connections

  1. Shared events4
    1. Sima Yan236 CE–290 CE
    2. Sun Hao242 CE–284 CE
    3. Wang Jun206 CE–286 CE
    4. Yang Hu221 CE–278 CE