Cui Hongdu 崔弘度

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Kai (楷)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Yue (說)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 191
• Child of Yue (說)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 192
• Sibling of Hongsheng (弘升)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 218
• Sibling of Sister of Cui Hongdu (崔弘度妹)
  younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 212
• Sibling of Younger sister of Cui Hongdu (崔弘度妹)
  younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 224

Career and standing

• trusted intimate 親信
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 195
• Campaign Commander 行軍總管
  AD 580 尉迥作亂 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 210
• Colonel 都督
  AD 557 to AD 572 尋授都督 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 196
• Campaign Commander 行軍總管
  AD 589 平陳之役 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 231
• Commander-in-Chief of Jiangling 江陵總管
  AD 587 梁王蕭琮來朝 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 228
• Campaign Commander 行軍總管
  AD 581 to AD 584 開皇初 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 221

Places and affiliations

• AD 581 to AD 584 開皇初
  Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 221
• Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 195, 203
• At Anping in Boling 博陵安平
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 190
• AD 587 梁王蕭琮來朝
  At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Garrisoned
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 228
• AD 557 to AD 572 訓為蒲州刺史，令弘度從焉
  At Pu Prefecture 蒲州 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 197
• AD 581 to AD 584 開皇初
  At Lingwu 靈武 · Relation Garrisoned
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 222

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · With Hongsheng (弘升) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 218
• Speech · Speaker · With Xun (訓) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 199
• Speech · Speaker · With Yuchi Jiong (尉迥) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 213-216

Events and relationships

• Climbed the Dragon Tail ramp in pursuit of Wei Chong at Ye
  AD 580 尉迥作亂 · Military · Pursuer · With Yuchi Jiong (尉迥) · At Yecheng 鄴城
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 212
• Followed Emperor Wu in destroying Qi
  AD 577 從武帝滅齊 · Military · Officer · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 203
• Followed the Prince of Qin by the Xiangyang route in the conquest of Chen
  AD 589 平陳之役 · Military · Campaign commander · With Prince of Qin (秦孝王) · At Xiangyang 襄陽
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 231
• Followed Wei Xiaokuan in operations along the Huai
  AD 579 宣帝嗣位 · Military · Officer · With Wei Xiaokuan (韋孝寬) · At Huainan 淮南
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 205
• Followed Wei Xiaokuan to suppress Yuchi Jiong
  AD 580 尉迥作亂 · Military · Campaign commander · With Wei Xiaokuan (韋孝寬)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 210
• Followed Yuwen Shenju in defeating Lu Changqi at Fanyang
  AD 578 破盧昌期於范陽 · Military · Subordinate · With Yuwen Shenju (宇文神舉) · At Fanyang 范陽
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 204

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment feared by the Chen, who dared not probe Jingzhou · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 230
• Assessment high-born; governed subordinates with beatings so that clerks and people trembled at his name; orders were obeyed and bandits vanished · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 226-227
• Assessment stern and cruel · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 194
• Peerless strength; towering stature; remarkably imposing beard and face
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 193
• AD 589 及陳平
  Item five thousand lengths of goods 物五千段 · Relation Bestowed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 232
• AD 577 從武帝滅齊
  Item three thousand lengths of goods, three thousand shi of grain, a hundred slaves, and thousands of livestock 物三千段，粟麥三千石，奴婢百口，雜畜千計 · Relation Bestowed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 203

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 190
• Once subordinate to Yang Su he mostly ignored Su's orders
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 234