Dou Xian; Tou Hsien

Japanese: 竇憲 - とうけん（英語表記）Dou Xian; Tou Hsien

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[Died] June 1992
A relative of the Later Han Dynasty in China. A native of Fufeng (Shaanxi Province). His courtesy name was Bodu. He was the great-grandson of Dou Rong, a meritorious minister who founded the Later Han Dynasty. In the second year of Jianchu (77), when his sister became empress of Emperor Zhang, he was appointed as a chamberlain, and the clan, which had been in decline, regained its power. However, he was overthrown for seizing the garden of Princess Qinshui, the sister of Emperor Zhang. When Emperor He came to power (89) and his sister became empress dowager, he returned to his position as a chamberlain, but he fought with the empress dowager's favorite and stabbed him to death. To atone for his sins, he volunteered to invade the Xiongnu, slaying the Northern Xiongnu and erecting a monument to his accomplishments on Yanran Mountain. Thus, the clan flourished again, but in the fourth year of Yongyuan (92), when he was trying to assassinate the emperor, his plan was discovered and he committed suicide.

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Japanese:

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[没]永元4(92).6.
中国，後漢の外戚。扶風 (陝西省) の人。字は伯度。後漢開国の功臣竇融 (とうゆう) の曾孫。建初2 (77) 年妹が章帝の皇后となると，侍中に任じられ，衰退に向っていた一族は再び勢力を盛返した。しかし章帝の妹沁水 (しんすい) 公主の園田を奪ったため失脚。やがて和帝が立ち (89) ，妹が皇太后となると侍中に復帰したが，皇太后の寵臣と争ってこれを刺し殺したので，贖罪のため匈奴征伐を志願し，北匈奴を討って燕然山に紀功碑を建てた。こうして再び一門大いに栄えたが，永元4 (92) 年皇帝を殺そうとして，はかりごとが漏れて自殺した。

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