Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Cui Gong 崔珙

Attested AD 840 - AD 840

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Cui Gong was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 840 武宗即位
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passage 99
AD 840 武宗即位后
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passages 37-38

Key source chapters

New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 181 Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu 1 passage

Career and standing

Vice Director 仆射
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 38
Salt and Iron Transport Commissioner 鹽鐵轉運使
AD 840 武宗即位 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 99

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 99; New Book of Tang 181, passage 38

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Chen Yixing (陳夷行) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passages 38-47

Events and relationships

Increased jiang huai tea tax
AD 840 武宗即位 · Fiscal · Commissioner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 99-100

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 38

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage

武宗即位，鹽鐵轉運使崔珙又增江淮茶稅。 When Wuzong ascended the throne, Transport Commissioner Cui Gong raised Jiang-Huai tea taxes again.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu · 1 passage

夷行與崔珙俱拜，乃奏：「仆射始視事，受四品官拜，無著令。 When Yixing and Cui Gong took office together, they submitted: "When a vice director begins his duties and receives bows from fourth-rank officials, no statute authorizes it.