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It is said that the prime minister (39) Dou Chengran: helped king Chuping usurp the throne, and was killed by king Chuping because of his insatiable greed
Yu Dazhong
Dou Chengran (?) –528 BC), surname 芈, Dou (斗氏), ziqi (字子旗), also known as Man Chengran (蔓成然) because of Caiyi Yu Man. Dougu is the grandson of Yusuke VI and the son of Douwei Gui. After Ruo Ao's. From 529 BC to 528 BC, he served as the Lingyin of the Chu State during the reign of King Ping of Chu.
In his early years, Dou Chengran obeyed his father's orders and served Gongzi Gongzi, the son of Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, who abandoned his illness. In 540 BC, shortly after Xiong Qian, the king of Chuling, ascended the throne, his fiefdom was plundered and he was appointed as a suburban yin (governor of the suburbs).
(Author: Cui Fengchun)
In 531 BC, the Chu ling king Xiong Qian destroyed Cai (蔡, in present-day Shangcai, Henan) and set up a county, appointing Gongzi renouncing illness as The Duke of Cai, and Dou Chengran accompanied Gongzi to Cai.
In 529 BC, the princes of the Chu Communist King rebelled against Xiong Qian, the King of Chu Ling. Dou Chengran led the Dou clan into Chu Duyin. Gongzi abandoned his illness to seize the throne, and for the king of Chuping, he changed his name to Xiongju and appointed Dou Chengran as Ling Yin.
The following year, Dou Chengran colluded with the Yang clan, which was also a descendant of the Chu general and sharpshooter Yang Youji during the Chu Zhuang, Chu Gong, and Chu Kang kings. Because of his insatiable greed, Dou Chengran was killed by Xiongju, the king of Chuping.