Du Zeng

Du Zeng
杜曾
Administrator of Jingling (竟陵太守)
(self-appointed)
In office
312 (312)  319 (319)
MonarchEmperor Huai/Emperor Min of Jin
Personal details
BornUnknown
Xinye County, Nanyang Commandery
Died319
OccupationMilitary general

Du Zeng (died 28 June 319) was a Chinese military general and rebel of the Jin dynasty (266–420). In 312, he joined his fellow general, Hu Kang (胡亢), in rebelling against Jin from Jingling Commandery (竟陵, roughly modern Jingmen, Hubei), but later killed him and assumed leadership of the rebellion. Du Zeng was a thorn in the side of Jin as he often defeated their forces and held out in Jing province for many years. Eventually, he was decisively defeated by the general, Zhou Fang in 317, before being captured and executed in 319.