Du Xian (Tang Dynasty)
Du Xian (; died 740), formally Marquess Zhenxiao of Wei County (), was a Chinese military general and politician during the Tang dynasty, serving as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. Background It is not known when Du Xian was born. His family was from Pu Prefecture (濮州, roughly modern Heze, Shandong) and claimed its ancestry from the Qin Dynasty general Du He (), and traced itself to a line of officials during Northern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty. It was said that the clan's members were on such good terms that it did not divide for five generations down to Du Xian. Both Du Xian's grandfather Du Yikuan () and father Du Chengzhi () were low level officials. Du Zhicheng died early in the reign of Wu Zetian. Du Xian, in his youth at that time, was said to be respectful and careful, and was particularly filially pious toward his stepmother and caring toward his half-brother Du Yu (). After he passed the imperial examinations, he be ...
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