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Cui Dana 崔達拏

Attested AD 550 - AD 580

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Cui Dana as a family member, official, rebel, and scholar. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Cui Dana	崔達拏	Cui Dana
Personal name	Dana	達拏
Given	Dana	達拏	Dana
Descriptive kinship	Son Dana	子達拏

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · beiqishu:030:s0002, zhoushu:021:s0001

Roles

Family Member
Official
Rebel
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed / 伏誅
Explicit · beiqishu:030:s0083

Age

Age: 13 · Date Context: Western Interval: Start: AD 543 · End: AD 549 · Source Date: Text: 年十三
Explicit · beiqishu:030:s0058

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天保時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:030:s0084
Source Date: Text: 宣帝崩 · Western Year: AD 580
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0099

Family

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Child of Mother of Cui Dana
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Betrothed to Sister of Gao Cheng
Kinship Term: sister / 妹 · Union Category: betrothal · Relationship State: ended
Child of Cui Xuan (崔暹)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Spouse of Princess Le'an (樂安公主)
Kinship Term: wife / 嫁 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed

Career and standing

Label: literary official / 文士
Explicit · zhoushu:021:s0100

Places and affiliations

Polity: Northern Zhou / 周 · Relation: entered
Explicit · beiqishu:030:s0083

Events and relationships

Kind: violence · Role: killer · Action: killed Princess Le'an in revenge · Other Person Id: Princess Le'an (樂安公主)
Explicit · beiqishu:030:s0087

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 22: Cui Xian; Gao Dezheng; Cui Ang · 6 passages

子達拏年十三，暹命儒者權會教其說《周易》兩字，乃集朝貴名流，令達拏升高座開講。 His son Dana was thirteen; Xian had a Confucian named Quan Hui teach him to speak two words on the Book of Changes, then gathered court nobles and famous men and had Dana ascend the high seat to open a lecture.

顯祖歷與之語，於坐上親作書與暹曰：「賢子達拏，甚有才學。 Gao Yang went round speaking with them; at the seat he personally wrote to Xian, "Your worthy son Dana is very talented in learning.

乃以主降達拏。 He then gave the princess to Dana in marriage.

達拏溫良清謹，有識學，少歷職為司農卿。 Dana was gentle, good, pure, and careful, with knowledge and learning; in youth he held office as minister of the state granaries.

天保時，顯祖嘗問樂安公主：「達拏於汝何似？」 In the Tianbao era Gao Yang once asked Princess Le'an, "How does Dana compare with you?"

齊滅，達拏殺主以復讐。 When Qi was destroyed, Dana killed the princess to avenge his mother.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 13: Wei Chijiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan · 2 passages

以開府、小禦正崔達拏為長史，餘委任亦多用齊人。 He made opening-office Cui Dana, junior rectifier, his chief administrator, and filled most other posts with men from Qi.

達拏文士，無籌略，舉措多失綱紀，不能有所匡救。 Dana was a scholar without strategic sense; his decisions repeatedly breached discipline, and he could not steer affairs back on course.