Chen Yi (陳乂) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chen Yi was an official and Writer.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 191

Attested activity

AD 933 明宗病 / 殺秦王立湣帝
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35
AD 936 晉高祖即位
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 200
AD 923 莊宗平梁
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 187
AD 930 to AD 933 長興中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 196

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Career and standing

direct academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs 樞密直學士
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35
pacification commissioner-assessor 招討判官
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 188
Secretariat Drafting Secretary 中書舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 189
supervisory attendant 給事中
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35
Minister of Rites 禮部尚書
AD 936 晉高祖即位 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 200

Places and affiliations

Later Liang 梁
Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35
Later Tang 後唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35
At Jimen 薊門 · Relation Native
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 183

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 198

Events and relationships

Investiture mission
AD 930 to AD 933 長興中 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Princess Shi of Jin (晉國公主石氏) · At Taiyuan 太原
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 196
Relation Protege of · Person Ren Yuan (任圜)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 189
Relation Client of · Person Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 187
Relation Served under · Person Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35
Relation Protegee of · Person Zhu Hongzhao (朱弘昭)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35
Relation Client of · Person Zhang Hanjie (張漢傑)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 186

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Relation Served under · Person Zhang Hanjie (張漢傑)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35

Assessments and attributes

Assessment secretive, haughty, scrupulous about money · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 190, 195
Assessment treacherous and fond of secret plots · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 35

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 7 passages

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陳乂，薊門人也。 Chen Yi was a native of Jimen.

乂性陰僻，寡與人合，不為當路所與。 Yi was secretive and withdrawn, seldom got along with others, and was not favored by those in power.

乂微有才術，嘗自恃其能。 Yi had modest talent and once relied heavily on his own ability.

然乂性孤執，尤廉於財。 Yet Yi was solitary and stubborn and especially scrupulous about money.

人或有獻可於乂，宜陳一謳頌以稱晉高祖之美，可邀其厚賄耳。 Some advised Yi to present a eulogy praising the Gaozu of Jin and thereby win a generous reward.

乂曰：「人生貧富，咸有定分，未有持天子命違禮以求利，既損國綱，且虧士行，乂今生所不為也。」 Yi said, "Whether life is poor or rich has its fixed allotment. No one who bears Heaven's Son's command should violate ritual to seek profit—this harms the state's norms and shames a scholar's conduct. That is something I will never do in this life."

晉高祖即位，贈禮部尚書。 When the Gaozu of Jin took the throne, Yi was posthumously awarded minister of rites.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Later Tang Biographies 7: Zhu Hongzhao, Liu Yanlang, Kang Sili, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou · 1 passage

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又其所用多非其人，給事中陳乂，為人險譎，好陰謀，嘗事梁張漢傑，又事郭崇韜，兩人皆輒敗死，弘昭乃引以為樞密直學士，而用其謀。 They staffed posts with the wrong men. Chen Yi, a supervisory attendant, was devious and loved intrigue. He had served Zhang Hanjie of Liang and Guo Chongtao—both destroyed. Hongzhao still made him a direct academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs and followed his counsel.