Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Statesman

Cai Que 蔡確

Attested AD 1086

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cai Que was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1086 舊相蔡確、韓縝、樞密使章惇皆在位
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 363

Career and standing

former chief counselor 舊相
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 363
Entered
Removed from office
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 363

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 363

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 363

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 339Volume 339 Biographies 98: Su Zhezu and Grandson: Yuanlao · 1 passage

宣仁后臨朝，用司馬光、呂公著，欲革弊事，而舊相蔡確、韓縝、樞密使章惇皆在位，窺伺得失，轍皆論去之。 When Empress Dowager Xuanren held court, she employed Sima Guang and Lü Gongzhu to reform abuses, but former chief counselors Cai Que and Han Zhen and Military Affairs Commissioner Zhang Dun remained in office, watching for openings—Zhe memorialized to remove them all.