What is Dong Xian?
{{Infobox person |image=Dong Xian portrait.jpg |caption=Dong Xian as depicted in the [[Wu Shuang Pu]] (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang |birth_date=23 BCE |death_date=1 BCE (aged 22) |partner=[[Emperor Ai of Han]] |spouse=Married |occupation=Commander of the armed forces }} '''Dong Xian''' ({{lang-zh|董賢}}; [[23 BC]](?) – [[1 BC]]) was a [[Han Dynasty]] politician.<ref>{{cite web |title=史上哪個皇帝最愛玩「斷背山」 - 中時電子報 2015年06月24日 |url=http://photo.chinatimes.com/20150624002290-260812/ |publisher=Chinatimes.com |access-date=2022-02-27 |archive-date=2016-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209055548/http://photo.chinatimes.com/20150624002290-260812 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within a few years, he rose from obscurity as a minor official to being the most powerful official in the imperial administration of [[Emperor Ai of Han|Emperor Ai]].<ref>{{cite web |title=汉哀帝有多爱他的“男人”：毫不介意他有妻子 - 凤凰网 2013年11日1日 |url=http://news.ifeng.com/history/minjianshuoshi/luojie/detail_2013_11/01/30881108_0.shtml/ |publisher=news.ifeng.com |access-date=2022-02-27 |archive-date=2020-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608104309/http://news.ifeng.com/history/minjianshuoshi/luojie/detail_2013_11/01/30881108_0.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=《百家讲坛》 20150921 《资治通鉴》（第二部）16 是隐私还是国事_百家讲坛_视频_央视网 |url=http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10302/d1c30ae3a7f749af978e5532c62af1cc/ |website=tv.cntv.cn |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029220417/http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10302/d1c30ae3a7f749af978e5532c62af1cc|archive-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dong Xian}} [[Category:23 BC births]] [[Category:1 BC deaths]] [[Category:Chinese politicians]]