Cui Cong (從) | 24 Histories

Overview

Cui Cong was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Ziyi	子乂	Ziyi
Posthumous name	Zhen	貞

Life and dates

Death

AD 832 大和六年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 78

Age

Years 72 · At death
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 78

Attested activity

AD 806 劉辟反
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 45
AD 832 大和六年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 78
AD 825 寶曆初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 69
AD 821 長慶初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 66

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Cui Rong (崔融)
great-grandson 曾孫 · 3 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 34
Kin of Cui Anqian (安潛)
nephew 從子 · Through Father of Cui Shenyou
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 93
Kin of Cui Shenyou (慎由)
nephew 從子 · Through Father of Cui Shenyou
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 93
Sibling of Father of Cui Shenyou
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 114, passage 93
Sibling of Cui Neng (能)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 35
Child of Father of Cui Cong
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 114, passage 35
Child of Mother of Cui Cong
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 38

Career and standing

Defender of the Eastern Capital 東都留守
AD 825 寶曆初 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 69
Military Commissioner of Bian-Fang 鄜坊節度
AD 821 長慶初 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 66
acting prefect of Qiongzhou 攝守邛州
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 42
Censor-in-Chief 御史中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 52
Guest of the Heir Apparent at Eastern Capital 太子賓客，分司東都
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 74
investigating officer under Yan Zhen 推官
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 38

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Military Commissioner of Shannan West 山南西道節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 64
Minister of Revenue 戶部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 72
Observation Commissioner of Shan-Guo 陝虢觀察使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 58
Palace Attendant Censor 殿中侍御史
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 49
Right Vice-Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書右丞
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 59
transport commissioner of Xishan 西山運務使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 41
Vice Commissioner of Huainan controlling the circuit 淮南節度副大使，知節度事
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 75
vice-commissioner of Xuanzhou 宣州副使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 48
Vice-Director of the Ministry of Personnel 吏部員外郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 49
Minister of Works 司空
Posthumously appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 80
posthumous name Zhen 諡曰貞
Granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 80
Entered
Mourning leave
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 38
Requested
Retirement
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 74

Places and affiliations

At Taiyuan mountains 太原山中 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 35

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 37

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 63

Events and relationships

Abolished Yangzhou levies
Administrative · Reformer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 76
Built hut by mother's grave
Mourning · Mourner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 39
Held city against Liu Pi
Military · Defender · With Liu Pi (劉辟)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 45-47
Impeached Li Xiao three times
Impeachment · Prosecutor · With Li Xiao (李翛)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 56-57
Obtained De and Di from Wang Chengzong
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Wang Chengzong (王承宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 60, 62-63
Refused bribe for chief ministership
Political · Refuser
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 65

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Released wrongly accused former prefect; caught real thief
Judicial · Judge
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 43-44
Relation Ally of · Person Pei Du (裴度)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 73
Relation Successor of · Person Pei Du (裴度)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 52
Relation Ally of · Person Li Deyu (李德裕)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 73

Assessments and attributes

Assessment esteemed by scholar-officials · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 84
Assessment stern, imposing, loyal, generous, self-effacing · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 81
never requested gate halberds; kept no entertainers in command
Character
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 82-83

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 25 passages

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曾孫從曾孫從。 His great-grandson was Cong.

從字子乂，少孤貧，與兄能偕隱太原山中。 Cong, whose style name was Ziyi, lost his father early and grew up in poverty; he and his elder brother Neng withdrew together to live in the mountains near Taiyuan.

從山南嚴震府為推官，以母喪免。 Cong served as investigating officer on Yan Zhen's staff in Shannan and left office when his mother died.

從疑其冤，縱不治，俄得真盜。 Cong suspected a miscarriage of justice, released the man without proceeding, and soon captured the real thief.

從以書諭止辟，辟怒，從乃募兵嬰城守。 Cong wrote urging Pi to desist; when Pi grew enraged, Cong raised troops and held the city under siege.

辟方悉兵拒高崇文，戰而敗，從完州自如。 Pi had massed his forces against Gao Chongwen, but after defeat Cong kept the prefecture intact as before.

異時，史給選者成牒，以先後丐賕，從一限出之，後遂為法。 Formerly, clerks who handled appointments would complete the registers and solicit bribes according to order of priority; Cong required all selections to be issued within one deadline, and this thereafter became standard practice.

裴度為御史中丞，奏以右司郎中知雜事。 When Pei Du served as censor-in-chief, he had Cong, as right bureau director, manage the bureau's miscellaneous affairs.

度已相，代為中丞。 After Du became chief minister, Cong succeeded him as censor-in-chief.

從三劾之，無少貸。 Cong impeached him three times without the slightest leniency.

王承宗請割德、棣而遣子入侍也，憲宗選堪使者，以命從。 When Wang Chengzong offered to surrender De and Di prefectures and send his son to court as hostage, Xianzong chose a capable envoy and appointed Cong.