Cui Qianyu (崔乾祐) | 24 Histories

Overview

Cui Qianyu was a general and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 756 八日
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 270, 272
AD 756 十五載
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 259
AD 756 至德元載
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 10, 13

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 104 Volume 100 Biographies 50: Yin Sizhen, Li Jie, Jie Wan, Bi Gou, Su Xiang, Zheng Weizhong, Wang Zhiyin, Lu Congyuan, Li Chaoyin, Pei Cui, Wang Qiu 4 passages
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119 Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng 1 passage

Career and standing

rebel general holding Pu and Tong 鎮蒲、同
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 13

Places and affiliations

AD 756 十五載
At Shan commandery 陜郡 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 259

Events and relationships

Secretly massed troops
AD 756 十五載 · Military · Commander · At Shan 陜郡
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 259
Seized heights and defeated imperial army
AD 756 八日 · Military · Commander · At Lingbao 靈寶
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 270, 272
Sent horsemen to seize
Military · Commander · With Cui Qi (崔器)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 13

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 259

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 104Volume 100 Biographies 50: Yin Sizhen, Li Jie, Jie Wan, Bi Gou, Su Xiang, Zheng Weizhong, Wang Zhiyin, Lu Congyuan, Li Chaoyin, Pei Cui, Wang Qiu · 4 passages

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賊將崔乾祐於陜郡潛鋒蓄銳，而覘者奏雲「賊殊無備」，上然之，命悉眾速討之。 Rebel general Cui Qianyu was secretly massing at Shan, but scouts reported "the rebels were unprepared"; the emperor believed it and ordered a full assault at once.

崔乾祐以數千人先據險要。 Cui Qianyu had seized the heights with several thousand men.

翰及良丘浮船中流以觀進退，謂乾祐兵少，輕之，遂促將士令進，爭路擁塞，無復隊伍。 Han and Liangqiu watched from a boat midstream, thought Qianyu's force small, and ordered an advance — the troops jammed the road in disorder.

午後，東風急，乾祐以草車數十乘縱火焚之，煙焰亙天。 In the afternoon a strong east wind rose; Qianyu fired dozens of hay carts — smoke filled the sky.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 1 passage

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及渭上軍破，賊將崔乾祐先鎮蒲、同，使麾下騎三十人捉器，器遂北走靈武。 When the Wei River force was broken, the rebel general Cui Qianyou—already holding Pu and Tong—sent thirty horsemen to seize Qi, and Qi fled north to Lingwu.