Cui Rao 崔蕘

Other names

Family

• Child of Cui Li (崔蠡)
  son 子
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199

Career and standing

• Observation Commissioner of Shan and Guo 陜虢觀察使
  AD 874 to AD 879 乾符中 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199
• Left Regular Attendant 左散騎常侍
  Ended as
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 206
• Vice Minister of Personnel 吏部侍郎
  AD 874 to AD 879 乾符中 · Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199
• Military Adjutant of Duan Prefecture 端州司馬
  Held
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 206
• lost his post 失守
  Loss of command · Incurred
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 206
• seized by officers and beard shaved 為軍吏所執，髡其髯鬢
  Seized and humiliated · Suffered
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 203-204

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 199, 206
• At Duanzhou 端州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 206
• At Shanzhou and Guozhou 陜虢 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199

Learning and skills

• Skill debate 談辯 · Level brilliant
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199
• Skill literary composition 文辭 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199

Works and attributed material

• AD 874 to AD 879 乾符中
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 201

Events and relationships

• Begged drink and was given urine
  Personal · Supplicant
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 205
• Entrusted government to menials
  AD 874 to AD 879 乾符中 · Administration · Commissioner
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 200
• Had petitioners beaten
  Legal · Authority
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 202
• Seized by military officers and beard shaved
  Political · Victim
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 203-204

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment gifted in letters and eloquent but poor at personnel selection · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199
• Assessment shallow, incompetent, self-regarding, neglectful of the people's suffering · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 200

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 199