Dong Jue, style name

Chinese style name

A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name , is a given name to be used later in life. After 20 years of age, the zì is assigned in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood and respect...

 Gongxi (龔襲), was an official and military general of Shu Han

Shu Han

Shu Han was one of the three states competing for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period, after the fall of the Han Dynasty. The state was based on areas around Sichuan, which was then known as Shu...

 during the Three Kingdoms

Three Kingdoms

The Three Kingdoms period was a period in Chinese history, part of an era of disunity called the "Six Dynasties" following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty rulers. In a strict academic sense it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the...

 period of Chinese history

History of China

Chinese civilization originated in various regional centers along both the Yellow River and the Yangtze River valleys in the Neolithic era, but the Yellow River is said to be the Cradle of Chinese Civilization. With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest...

.

Along with Fan Jian

Fan Jian

Fan Jian, style name Changyuan , was an official of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.-Biography:Fan served as a Palace Attendant and Imperial Secretary. He was put in charge of state affairs together with Zhuge Zhan and Dong Jue. He was not on good terms with the eunuch...

, Dong Jue served as a secretary under Shu's chancellor Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang was a chancellor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He is often recognised as the greatest and most accomplished strategist of his era....

 during the Southern Campaign

Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign

Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign, also known as the War of Pacification in Nanzhong, refers to a military campaign led by Shu Han chancellor Zhuge Liang to suppress opposing forces in the south in 225 during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history...

 and Northern Expeditions, and attained the titles of General Who Upholds the State and Marquis of Nanxiang.

Dong Jue subsequently assisted Jiang Wei

Jiang Wei

Jiang Wei was a military general and regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. He originally served Shu's rival state, Cao Wei, as a middle-level military officer, but defected to the Shu strategist Zhuge Liang, leaving his mother in Wei. After that, Jiang...

 in the defense of Jiange, and attempted to counsel Liu Shan

Liu Shan

Liu Shan, , was the second and last emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. As he ascended the throne at the young age of 16, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of the Chancellor Zhuge Liang and Imperial Secretariat Li Yan...

 along with Zhuge Zhan

Zhuge Zhan

Zhuge Zhan , style name Siyuan , was a politician and military general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history...

 and Fan Jian, though he was unable to mitigate the influence of Huang Hao

Huang Hao

Huang Hao was a eunuch serving Liu Shan, second and last emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. Highly favoured by Liu Shan, he was commonly blamed for misguiding the latter into surrendering to the Kingdom of Wei and considered one of the most corrupt and...

, and was ultimately relegated to record keeping. Dong Jue served the Jin Dynasty

Jìn Dynasty (265-420)

The Jìn Dynasty , was a dynasty in Chinese history, lasting between the years 265 and 420 AD. There are two main divisions in the history of the Dynasty, the first being Western Jin and the second Eastern Jin...

 after the fall of Shu

Conquest of Shu by Wei

The conquest of Shu by Wei was a military campaign launched by the state of Cao Wei against its rival Shu Han in 263 during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. The campaign culminated in the fall of Shu and the tripartite equilibrium maintained in China for over 40 years since the end of...

, where he tended after the former citizens of his state.

Appointments and titles held

• Prefect in the Imperial Chancellor's Office (丞相府令史)
• Registrar (主簿)
• Deputy Director in the Imperial Secretariat (尚書僕射)
• Chief Imperial Secretary (尚書令)
• General-in-Chief (大將軍)
• Senior General Who Upholds the State (輔國大將軍)
• Marquis of Nan (南鄉侯)

The following appointments and titles were held by Dong Jue when he served the Jin Dynasty

• Army Advisor to the Chancellor of State (相國參軍)
• Attendant of Scattered Cavalry (散騎常侍)