Dou Jian-de; Tou Chien-tê (English spelling)

Japanese: 竇建徳 - とうけんとく（英語表記）Dou Jian-de; Tou Chien-tê

[Raw] Kentoku 2 (573)
[Died] Butoku 4 (621)
One of the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty in China. He had a sense of chivalry from a young age, and served as the commander of a 200-man unit in Emperor Yang's invasion of Goguryeo. His family was killed by the authorities for suspecting his involvement with bandit deserters and starving people, so he rebelled and became independent, calling himself King of Changle (617). He was generous to his subordinates and prisoners of war, and adopted a policy of placing government officials and scholars under his command. He expanded his power, establishing the Xia state centered in Hebei and Shandong, and proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven, but he was defeated in a battle with Li Shimin (later Emperor Taizong of Tang), taken prisoner, and executed in Chang'an.

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Japanese:

[生]建徳2(573)
[没]武徳4(621)
中国，隋末の群雄の一人。若い頃から任侠の風があり，煬帝 (ようだい) の高句麗征伐に兵士 200人の隊長として出征したが，群盗化した逃亡兵や飢民との関係を疑われて官憲に家族を殺され，反乱を起して自立，長楽王と称した (617) 。部下や捕虜に寛大で，官吏や士人を配下におく方針をとったため，勢力を拡大し，河北，山東を中心に夏国を建て天子を称したが，唐の李世民 (のちの唐の太宗 ) と戦って敗れ，捕虜となって長安で斬殺された。

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