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Dong Jue董厥

Shu HanHistory × Fiction

Served as a clerk.

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Dong Jue, and the people around them.

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ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

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CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

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In history · Records of the Three Kingdoms

A minister of Shu Han, served as a clerk in Zhuge Liang's office.

In fiction · Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Served as a clerk; read the funeral oration as a clerk in the Shu Han chancellor's office; a Shu general who received Jiang Wei's call to arms.

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  1. 6 profile notes
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    • Zhuge Liangorder read eulogyDong Jue
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    1. 令董厥读祭文

      order read eulogy · Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 91

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  2. 3 profile notes
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    • Zhuge Liangorder read eulogyDong Jue
    • Zhong Huiaccept surrenderDong Jue
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    1. 董令史,良士也

      appreciate · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 蜀书·诸葛亮传

    2. 维等所统步骑四五万人,擐甲厉兵,塞川填谷,数百里中首尾相继

      accept surrender · Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·王毌丘诸葛邓锺传

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History vs. fiction

Both official history and fiction record that Zhuge Liang appreciated Dong Jue as 'honest and capable', and he rose to the position of General Who Assists the State in the late Shu Han period.

  • The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of Dong Jue records that Zhuge Liang praised him for 'careful and precise thinking', and he later served as General Who Assists the State and concurrently managed the affairs of the Secretariat. The novel's account of his official titles and career matches the official history.

Relationship network

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Dong JueDong JueZhuge LiangZhuge LiangZhong HuiZhong Hui
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Sources: Records of the Three Kingdoms, 蜀书·蒋琬费祎姜维传; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 87; Records of the Three Kingdoms, 蜀书·诸葛亮传; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 91; Records of the Three Kingdoms, 魏书·王毌丘诸葛邓锺传; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 116; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 117; Romance of the Three Kingdoms, ch. 118

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