Five Dynasties · Official

Cui Jujian 崔居儉

Attested AD 933

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cui Jujian was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 933 明宗崩
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 12-13, 15

Family

Descendant of Cui Li (崔蠡)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 12

Career and standing

commissioner of rites 禮儀使
AD 933 明宗崩 · Declined
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 12
director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
AD 933 明宗崩 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 12
director of the Palace Library 秘書監
AD 933 明宗崩 · Transferred to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 13

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 15

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 · 4 passages

初，明宗崩，太常卿崔居儉以故事當為禮儀使，居儉辭以祖諱蠡。 When Emperor Mingzong died, Cui Jujian, director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, should by precedent have become commissioner of rites, but he declined because his grandfather's taboo name was Li.

馮道改居儉秘書監，居儉怏怏失職。 Feng Dao reassigned Jujian to director of the Palace Library, and Jujian took the demotion bitterly.

中書舍人李詳為居儉誥詞，有「聞名心懼」之語，昫輒易曰「有恥且格」。 Li Xiang, a secretariat drafter, wrote Jujian's appointment edict with the phrase "hearing the name, one's heart quails." Liu Xu at once changed it to "having shame, and moreover reforming oneself."

居儉訴曰：「名諱有令式，予何罪也？」 Jujian protested: "Taboo names are governed by statute. What offense have I committed?"