Du Tao

Du Tao
杜弢
Prefect of Liling (醴陵令)
In office
311 (311)–311 (311)
MonarchEmperor Huai of Jin
Personal details
BornUnknown
Chengdu, Sichuan
Died315
RelationsDu Zhi (grandfather)
Courtesy nameJingwen (景文)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Du.

Du Tao (died 16 September 315?[1]), courtesy name Jingwen, was a Chinese rebel leader during the Jin dynasty (266–420). In 311, he was proclaimed a leader of an uprising led by Ba and Shu refugees in Jingzhou and Xiangzhou (湘州; in modern Hunan), who were oppressed by the local administrators and populace. Du Tao fought with the Jin forces led by Wang Dun, Tao Kan and Zhou Fang for roughly four years, before he presumably died while fleeing in 315, putting an end to his rebellion.

  1. ^ According to Emperor Min's biography in Book of Jin, Du Tao was killed on the guihai day of the 8th month of the 3rd year of the Jianxing era of his reign. This corresponds to 16 Sep 315 on the Julian calendar. However, this account is contradicted by the account found in Du Tao's own biography in the same work, which claimed that he successfully escaped and disappeared.