Cui Shi (崔湜) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Cui Shi as an official and statesman. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Cui Shi	崔湜	Cui Shi
Personal name	Cui Shi	崔湜	Cui Shi
Given name	Shi	湜	Shi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:121:s0024

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 崔湜為中書令 · Western Interval: Start: AD 712 · End: AD 713
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:121:s0024

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 3 passages

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幽求自謂有勞於國，在諸臣右，意望未滿，而竇懷貞為左仆射，崔湜為中書令，殊不平，見於言面。 Youqiu believed his service outranked every other minister and resented that Dou Huaizhen held the left vice-directorship and Cui Shi the directorship of the Secretariat; his discontent showed plainly in word and face.

已而湜等附太平公主，有逆計。 Soon Shi and his circle aligned with Princess Taiping and plotted rebellion.

幽求與右羽林將軍張暐定計，使暐說玄宗曰：「湜等皆太平黨與，日夜陰計，若不早圖，且產大害，太上不得高枕矣。 Youqiu and Zhang Wei of the Right Imperial Insignia Army laid a plan whereby Wei urged Xuanzong: "Shi and his allies are Princess Taiping's faction, scheming night and day; unless you strike first, grave harm will follow and your father will never sleep in peace.