Cui Xian 崔暹

Other names

Family

• Ancestor of Cui Mao (崔茂)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 222
• Parent of Cui Zan (崔瓚)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 205, 219

Career and standing

• Commander 都督
  AD 523 to AD 525 武川鎮反 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passage 213
• acting administrator of Yuzhou 行豫州事
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 204
• General Who Pacifies the North 平北將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 206
• Governor of Southern Yanzhou 南兗州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 203
• Governor of Yingzhou 瀛州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 206
• Governor of Yuzhou 豫州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 204

Places and affiliations

• Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passages 203, 217
• Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 95, passages 1, 5
• At Dongwucheng in Qinghe 清河東武城 · Relation Said to be from
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 200
• At the capital 京 · Relation Recalled to
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 212
• At Xingyang and Yingchuan 滎陽、潁川 · Relation Family settled between
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 201

Learning and skills

• Earned
  Credential Cultivated Talent (xiucai) 秀才
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 203

Works and attributed material

• What do you think of Governor Cui of Yingzhou? 崔瀛州何如？
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 209

Events and relationships

• Bribed Yuan Cha with female entertainers, gardens, and fields and obtained release
  Political · Participant · With Yuan Cha (元叉)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 216
• Campaign against Wuchuan garrison rebels under Li Chong; disobeyed orders, was defeated, fled alone
  AD 523 to AD 525 武川鎮反 · Military · Commander · With Li Chong (李崇) · At Wuchuan 武川
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passages 213-214
• Hunted north of the province and rode alone into a village; questioned a woman drawing water about himself as governor
  Personal · Participant · At village north of Yingzhou 州北民村
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 208-211
• Killed at Heyin
  AD 528 建義初 · Political · Victim · At Heyin 河陰
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 217
• served under Grand Commander Li Chong 隸大都督李崇
  Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Chong (李崇)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 213
• Relation Bribed · Person Yuan Cha (元叉)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 216

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment among those who unleashed venom and cruelty; some suffered execution · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 252-253, 257
• Assessment fierce, cruel, lacking humanity; cunning and greedy; skilled at serving powerful families · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 202
• Assessment greedy, violent, and pitiless; a scourge to the populace · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 207
• Item female entertainers, gardens, and fields 女妓園田 · Relation Used as bribe · With Yuan Cha (元叉)
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 216

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 1