Overview
The translated histories identify Cui Peng as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and military officer. This record brings together 24 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodSui and Tang
Found inBook of Sui
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cui Peng | 崔彭 | Cui Peng |
| Surname | Cui | 崔 | Cuī |
| Personal name | Cui Peng | 崔彭 | |
| Personal | Cui Peng | 崔彭 | Cuī Péng |
| Given | Peng | 彭 | Péng |
| Posthumous | Su | 肅 | Sù |
| Courtesy name | Zipeng | 子彭 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died / 卒 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 未幾而卒 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0253, suishu:054:s0249
Age
- Age: 63 · Reckoning: East Asian stated age · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 未幾而卒，時年六十三 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0253, suishu:054:s0249
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 仁壽末 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 601 · End: c. AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0248
- Source Date: Text: 及高祖為丞相 · Western Year: AD 580Explicit · suishu:054:s0219
- Source Date: Text: 時漢王諒初平 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0251
- Source Date: Text: 煬帝即位 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0249
Family
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- Descendant of Kai (楷)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2
- Child of Qian (謙)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Mother of Cui PengKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Baode (寶德)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Chief Administrator of the Right Guard / 右衞長史 · Action: appointed-concurrentlyExplicit · suishu:054:s0229
- Label: Senior Equal Honor (shang yitong) / 上儀同 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖)Explicit · suishu:054:s0228
- Label: Commandant of the Gate Guard / 監門郎將 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及踐阼 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · suishu:054:s0229
- Label: Grand General of the Left Leading Army / 左領軍大將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 煬帝即位 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0249
- Label: General of the Personal Guard / 備身將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:054:s0238
- Label: the Senior Opening of a Government Office / 上開府 · Action: grantedExplicit · suishu:054:s0238
- Label: Senior Attendant of the Palace Guard / 侍伯上士 · Action: held · Polity: Zhou / 周 · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 周武帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 578Explicit · suishu:054:s0218
- Label: charge of Cizhou affairs / 慈州事 · Action: held · Place: Cizhou / 慈州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 時漢王諒初平 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0251
- Label: constant charge of the palace guard / 恆典宿衞 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:054:s0230
- Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0254, suishu:054:s0249
- Label: General of Chariots and Cavalry / 車騎將軍 · Action: promotedExplicit · suishu:054:s0230
- Label: General of Fast Cavalry / 驃騎將軍 · Action: promotedExplicit · suishu:054:s0230
- Label: Senior Attendant of the Gate Guard / 門正上士 · Action: promotedExplicit · suishu:054:s0218
- Explicit · suishu:054:s0241
- Label: posthumous name Su / 諡曰肅 · Action: posthumously-granted · Authority Person Id: Emperor Yang (煬帝)Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0254, suishu:054:s0249
- Label: mourning sacrifices by imperial envoy / 遣使弔祭 · Action: received · Authority Person Id: Emperor Yang (煬帝)Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0254, suishu:054:s0249
- Title: Duke of Anyang County / 安陽縣公 · Action: advanced · Fief Households: 2000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 仁壽末 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 601 · End: c. AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0248
- Title: Viscount of Anyang County / 安陽縣男 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及踐阼 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · suishu:054:s0229
- Status: detained · Authority Person Id: Datou Khan (達頭可汗) · Duration: more than 100 days · Detail: ransomed with silks sent by the emperor before being allowed to returnExplicit · suishu:054:s0247
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Sui / 隋 · Relation: servedExplicit · suishu:054:s0249
- Place: Anping in Boling / 博陵安平Explicit · suishu:054:s0212
- Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Relation: traveled-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 從幸洛陽 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0250, suishu:054:s0249
- Place: Cizhou / 慈州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 復領慈州事 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0251
- Place: east of the mountains / 山東 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 時漢王諒初平 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0251
Learning and skills
- Detail: versed in the Offices of Zhou and the Book of Documents, with a general grasp of their meaningExplicit · suishu:054:s0217
Works and attributed material
- Kind: appointment · Role: appointee · Other Person Id: Emperor Yang (煬帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 煬帝即位 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0249
- Kind: remark · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Detail: replied that he had loved the Rites of Zhou and the Book of Documents since youth and never neglected them even on rest daysExplicit · suishu:054:s0234
- Kind: remark · Role: addressee · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖) · Detail: the emperor told Peng that he slept at ease on the days Peng was on dutyExplicit · suishu:054:s0232
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: commanded-rear-guard · Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Other Person Id: Emperor Yang (煬帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 從幸洛陽 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0250, suishu:054:s0249
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: deceived-into-dismissing-attendants · Other Person Id: Prince Chen Chun (陳王純) · Detail: deceived Chun into dismissing his mounted followers and dismounting on the pretext of a confidential messageExplicit · suishu:054:s0222, suishu:054:s0223
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: feigned-illness-to-lure · Other Person Id: Prince Chen Chun (陳王純) · Place: a relay station near Qizhou / 傳舍 · Detail: feigned illness thirty li from Qizhou and sent word asking Chun to come to himExplicit · suishu:054:s0220
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: ordered-seizure-of · Other Person Id: Prince Chen Chun (陳王純) · Detail: turned to his horsemen and ordered Chun's arrest for refusing the summons, then had him shackled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及高祖為丞相 · Western Year: AD 580
- Kind: social · Role: performer · Action: outshot-rival-archers-before · Other Person Id: Datou Khan (達頭可汗) · Place: the Xiongnu (Turkic) lands / 匈奴中 · Detail: released several arrows in succession, each striking a flying kite, while dozens of the qaghan's own archers had mostly missed; the Turks looked at one another in admirationExplicit · suishu:054:s0245, suishu:054:s0246
- Kind: social · Role: performer · Action: shot-down-a-pigeon-at-imperial-order · Place: Wude Hall / 武德殿 · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖)Explicit · suishu:054:s0239, suishu:054:s0240
- Explicit · suishu:054:s0255
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: suppressed-remnants · Place: east of the mountains / 山東 · Other Person Id: Liang, Prince of Han (漢王諒) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 時漢王諒初平 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:054:s0251
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: was-sent-as-hostage-envoy-to · Other Person Id: Datou Khan (達頭可汗) · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖) · Detail: sent at the qaghan's own request, on account of his renowned archeryExplicit · suishu:054:s0242, suishu:054:s0244
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: was-sent-to-summon · Other Person Id: Prince Chen Chun (陳王純) · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (高祖) · Detail: sent with only two mounted escorts to summon Prince Chen Chun to court, out of fear he might rebel · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及高祖為丞相 · Western Year: AD 580Explicit · suishu:054:s0219
- Relation: subject-of · Person Id: Emperor Yang (煬帝)
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: Emperor Wen was greatly pleased by the successful ruse · Provenance: Mode: narrator-reportExplicit · suishu:054:s0228
- Assessment: expounded the doctrine of vigilance between ruler and minister; the emperor praised it, and onlookers considered his words well chosen · Provenance: Mode: narrator-reportExplicit · suishu:054:s0236, suishu:054:s0237
- Assessment: integrity · Label: integrity / 清 · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Emperor Yang (煬帝)Explicit · suishu:054:s0252
- Assessment: stern and unassailable guardian of the imperial halls · Label: patrolled the imperial halls, stern and unassailable; worth praising as a guardian against insult / 巡警岩廊，毅然難犯，禦侮之寄，有足稱乎 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:054:s0258
- Kind: character · Statement: careful and discreet by nature; for more than twenty years in the inner precincts sat upright all day whenever the emperor was on armed duty and never showed negligenceExplicit · suishu:054:s0231
- Kind: character · Statement: orphaned young, was known for filial devotion to his motherExplicit · suishu:054:s0215
- Kind: character · Statement: resolute and firm by nature, had military stratagem, and was skilled in mounted archeryExplicit · suishu:054:s0216
- Explicit event contextual date · suishu:054:s0252, suishu:054:s0249
References in the histories
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