Cui Xuan (崔鉉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Cui Xuan was a statesman and Official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 847 to AD 860 大中時
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 23
AD 846 宣宗嗣位
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 184, passages 90, 94
AD 846 宣宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passages 118, 125

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Cui Hong (崔沆)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 23-24
Parent of Cui Yi (崔沂)
youngest son 幼子
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 23

Key source chapters

Career and standing

chief councilor 宰相
AD 847 to AD 860 大中時 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 23
Duke of Wei 魏公
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 23

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 125
Organization Li Zongmin's old associates 宗閔故黨 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 125

Events and relationships

Coached Runa lawsuit
AD 846 宣宗立 · Political · Instigator · With Wu Runa (吳汝納)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 118

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 118

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 1 passage

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大中時宰相魏公鉉之幼子也。 He was the youngest son of Cui Xuan, Duke of Wei, who had served as chief councilor in the Dazhong era.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu · 2 passages

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崔鉉等久不得誌，導汝納使為湘訟，言：「湘素直，為人誣蔑，大校重牢，五木被體，吏至以娶妻資媵結贓。」 Cui Xuan and others, long thwarted, coached Runa to sue for Xiang, claiming: "Xiang was upright but slandered; he was thrown into a commander's dungeon, tortured with the five punishments, and officials even counted his bride-price as stolen goods."

是時，德裕已失權，而宗閔故黨令狐、崔鉉、白敏中皆當路，因是逞憾，以利誘動元藻等，使三司結紳杖鉞作藩，虐殺良平，準神龍詔書，酷吏歿者官爵皆奪，子孫不得進宦，紳雖亡，請從《春秋》戮死者之比。 Deyu was already out of power, but Zongmin's allies Linghu, Cui Xuan, and Bai Minzhong controlled the government; they vented old grudges, bribed Yuanzao to change his story, and had the Three Offices find that Shen, as a frontier commissioner wielding the axe, had murdered the innocent; citing the Shenlong edict stripping dead cruel officials and barring their descendants, they demanded posthumous punishment of Shen under the Spring and Autumn precedent.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 1 passage

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服除，從淮南崔鉉府為支使。 When mourning ended, he joined Cui Xian's Huainan staff as administrative aide.