Sui and Tang · Official

Cui Mian 崔沔

Attested AD 713 - AD 735

Passages: 4
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Cui Mian was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Mian

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 734 二十二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 147, 149
AD 735 開元二十三年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 27, passage 105
AD 713 to AD 722 開元十年之前
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 55, passages 97, 99

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 27 Volume 23 Treatises 3: Rites 3 2 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 55 Volume 55 Treatises 51: Finance and Economics 4 1 passage

Career and standing

Mentor of the Heir Apparent 太子賓客
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 27, passage 105
Secretariat Director 祕書監
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 149
Vice Director of the Secretariat 秘書少監
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 55, passage 97

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 27, passage 105; New Book of Tang 54, passage 149
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 55, passage 97

Works and attributed material

Court opinion · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 149-150
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 27, passages 105-122
Proposal · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 55, passages 97-98

Events and relationships

Opposed private minting
AD 734 二十二年 · Policy · Opponent
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 149-150
Requested household apportionment of salary funding with small per capita surcharge
Political · Advisor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 55, passages 97-98

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 149; New Book of Tang 55, passage 97

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 27Volume 23 Treatises 3: Rites 3 · 2 passages

於是太子賓客崔沔建議曰：「竊聞大道既隱，天下為家。 Then Mentor of the Heir Apparent Cui Mian memorialized: "I have heard that once the Great Way was hidden, the realm became a single household.

又戶部郎中楊伯成、左監門錄事參軍劉秩並同是議，與沔等略同。 Bureau Director Yang Bocheng in the Ministry of Revenue and Left Gate Recorder Liu Zhi also wrote in the same vein, broadly agreeing with Cui Mian and his allies.

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

議下百官，宰相裴耀卿、黃門侍郎李林甫、河南少尹蕭炅、祕書監崔沔皆以為「嚴斷惡錢則人知禁，稅銅折役則官冶可成，計估度庸則私錢以利薄而自息。 The proposal was circulated among the court officials. Chancellor Pei Yaoqing, Yellow Gate Vice Director Li Linfu, Henan Junior Prefect Xiao Jiong, and Secretariat Director Cui Mian all argued: "Strictly suppressing bad coin would make the people understand the prohibition; taxing copper and commuting labor service would enable the official mints to operate; setting valuations and labor quotas would make private coinage unprofitable and cause it to cease of itself.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 55Volume 55 Treatises 51: Finance and Economics 4 · 1 passage

秘書少監崔沔請計戶均出，每丁加升尺，所增蓋少； Cui Mian, Vice Director of the Secretariat, urged spreading the burden by household with a small surcharge per adult male;