Sui and Tang · Official and General

Cui Guangyuan 崔光遠

Attested AD 741 - AD 758

Passages
14
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Cui Guangyuan as an aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 14 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Cui Guangyuan 崔光遠 Cui Guangyuan
Surname Cui 崔 Cui
Given Guangyuan 光遠 Guangyuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾元元年 · Western Year: AD 758
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0022
  • Source Date: Text: 玄宗西狩 · Western Year: AD 756
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0008
  • Source Date: Text: 開元末 · Western Year: AD 741
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0008

Family

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  • Descendant of Cui Jingsi (崔敬嗣)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
  • Child of Cui Wang (崔汪)
    Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Son of Cui Guangyuan
    Kinship Term: his son / 其子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: six feet tall; pupils white and black sharply distinct
    Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0007

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 14 passages
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開元末，為唐安令，與楊國忠善，累遷京兆少尹，為吐蕃吊祭使，還，會玄宗西狩，詔留光遠為京兆尹、西京留守、采訪使。 At the end of the Kaiyuan era he served as magistrate of Tang'an, was on good terms with Yang Guozhong, and rose repeatedly to vice governor of Jingzhao. Sent as mourning envoy to Tibet, he returned just as Emperor Xuanzong fled west; he was ordered to remain as governor of Jingzhao, custodian of the western capital, and investigation commissioner.