Cui Jujian (崔居儉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Cui Jujian was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 939 天福四年
Age Value: 70 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 194

Age

Value: 70 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 194

Attested activity

AD 930 source
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 185

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Cui Li (崔蠡)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 186
Child of Cui Rao (崔蕘)
father 父
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 186

Places and affiliations

At Qinghe 清河
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 185

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 187

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 5 passages

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崔居儉，清河人也。 Cui Jujian was from Qinghe.

居儉美文辭，風骨清秀，少舉進士。 Jujian wrote elegant prose with a refined bearing and passed the jinshi examination in his youth.

明宗崩，居儉以故事為禮儀使，居儉以祖諱蠡，辭不受，宰相馮道即徙居儉為秘書監。 When Mingzong died, Jujian should by precedent have become commissioner of rites, but he declined because his grandfather's taboo name was Li. Chancellor Feng Dao immediately reassigned him to director of the Palace Library.

居儉歷兵、吏部侍郎、尚書左丞、戶部尚書。 Jujian served as vice minister of war, vice minister of personnel, left assistant director in the Ministry of State Affairs, and minister of revenue.

居儉拙於為生，居顯官，衣常乏，死之日貧不能葬，聞者哀之。 Jujian was inept at providing for himself. Though he held high office, he often lacked proper clothing. At his death he was too poor to be buried, and all who heard pitied him.