Chen Jing (陳京) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chen Jing was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 785 貞元元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 119-120
AD 782 太常博士韋都賓、陳京請借富商錢
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 52, passage 20
AD 779 to AD 805 德宗納之
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 46
AD 785 貞元元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 137, 147

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153 Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi 1 passage
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157 Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 52 Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 161 Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu 1 passage

Career and standing

Supplementation Censor 遺補
AD 785 貞元元年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 119
Erudite of the Imperial Ancestral Temple 太常博士
Held
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 52, passage 20
supplementation censor 遺補
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 147

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 119; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 147

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · With Lu Qi (盧杞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 119-120
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 147-148

Events and relationships

Memorialized against Lu Qi appointment
Political · Remonstrant · With Lu Qi (盧杞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 147-148
Requested borrowing from wealthy merchants
Political · Proposer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 20
Submitted memorials supporting Yuan Gao against Lu Qi's Raozhou appointment
AD 785 貞元元年 · Political · Remonstrator · With Lu Qi (盧杞)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 119-120

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 119

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 1 passage

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遺補陳京、趙需、裴佶、宇文炫、盧景亮、張薦等上疏論奏。 Supplementation censors Chen Jing, Zhao Xu, Pei Ji, Yuwen Xuan, Lu Jingliang, Zhang Jian, and others submitted memorials in support.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 1 passage

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 1 passage

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初，太常博士韋都賓、陳京請借富商錢，德宗以問度支杜佑，以為軍費裁支數月，幸得商錢五百萬緡，可支半歲。 Erudites of the Imperial Ancestral Temple Wei Dubin and Chen Jing first proposed borrowing from rich merchants. Dezong consulted Du You, director of revenue, who replied that army funds would last only a few months but that five million strings from merchants could sustain the war for half a year.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

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詔復用杞為刺史，薦與陳京、趙需等論杞奸惡傾覆不當用，入對挺確，德宗納之。 An edict was issued to reinstate Qi as prefect; Jian, together with Chen Jing, Zhao Xu, and others, argued that Qi's wickedness and his overturning of the realm made him unfit for appointment; appearing before the throne he spoke firmly, and Dezong accepted their view.