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Noble Lady Dong

also called 董贵妃、董妃

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The novel says Cao Cao strangled Noble Lady Dong; the Records of the Three Kingdoms does not mention her.

Not in the Records of the Three Kingdoms · Novel 2 chapters

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Where the books name Noble Lady Dong

  • Novel · ch. 24Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    且說曹操既殺了董承等眾人,怒氣未消,遂帶劍入宮,來弒董貴妃。…
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    且說曹操既殺了董承等眾人,怒氣未消,遂帶劍入宮,來弒董貴妃。貴妃乃董承之妹,帝幸之,已懷孕五月。當日帝在後宮,正與伏皇后私論董承之事,至今尚無音耗。忽見曹操帶劍入宮,面有怒容,帝大驚失色。操曰:「董承謀反,陛下知否?」帝曰:「董卓已誅矣。」操大聲曰:「不是董卓!是董承!」帝戰慄曰:「朕實不知。」操曰:「忘了破指修詔耶?」帝不能答。操叱武士擒董妃至。帝告曰:「董妃有五月身孕,望丞相見憐。」操曰:「若非天敗,吾已被害。豈得復留此女,為吾後患?」伏后告曰:「貶於冷宮,待分娩了,殺之未遲。」操曰:「欲留此逆種,為母報讎乎?」董妃泣告曰:「乞全屍而死,勿令彰露。」操令取白練至面前。帝泣謂妃曰:「卿於九泉之下,勿怨朕躬!」言訖,淚下如雨。伏后亦大哭。操怒曰:「猶作兒女態耶!」叱武士牽出,勒死於宮門之外。後人有詩歎董妃曰:

  • Novel · ch. 78Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    …忽聞殿中聲如裂帛,操驚視之,忽見伏皇后、董貴人、二皇子並伏完、董承等二十餘人,渾身血污,立於愁雲之內,隱隱聞索命之聲。…
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    是夜操臥寢室,至三更,覺頭目昏眩,乃起,伏几而臥。忽聞殿中聲如裂帛,操驚視之,忽見伏皇后、董貴人、二皇子並伏完、董承等二十餘人,渾身血污,立於愁雲之內,隱隱聞索命之聲。操急拔劍望空砍去,忽然一聲響亮,震塌殿宇西南一角。操驚倒於地,近侍救出,遷於別宮養病。次夜又聞殿外男女哭聲不絕。至曉,操召群臣入曰:「孤在戎馬之中,三十餘年,未嘗信怪異之事。今日為何如此?」群臣奏曰:「大王當命道士設醮修禳。」操歎曰:「聖人云:『獲罪於天,無所禱也。』孤天命已盡,安可救乎?」遂不允設醮。

Noble Lady Dong was a favored consort of Emperor Xian of Han in the Eastern Han dynasty and the younger sister of Dong Cheng. She appears in Chapters 24 and 78 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms; she is not mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

Deeds

  • In Chapter 24, Noble Lady Dong was five months pregnant when Cao Cao entered the palace to accuse her. Emperor Xian of Han and Empress Fu pleaded for her, but to no avail; Cao Cao ordered warriors to drag her out of the palace gate and strangle her. (Romance)
  • In Chapter 78, Cao Cao saw Noble Lady Dong at night, covered in blood alongside Empress Fu and the Second Prince, standing amid gloomy clouds and demanding their lives. (Romance)

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  • 演 ch.24 §11→ Cao Cao

    「乞全屍而死,勿令彰露。」

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Relation graph of Noble Lady DongDong ChengEmperor Xian of HanCao CaoNoble Lady Dong
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Duels, kills and executions as the texts tell them, counted separately for the Records and the Romance.

  • RomanceCh. 24ExecutionCao CaoLost「叱武士牽出,勒死於宮門之外」

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Novel · ch. 24

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    Consort Dong was Dong Cheng's younger sister