Cui Yi (崔沂) | 24 Histories

Overview

Cui Yi was an official and Judge.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Derun	德潤	Derun

Life and dates

Death

At Longmen villa 龍門之別墅 · Age Value: 70 · As: over
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 49

Age

70
Reckoning Over · Context at death
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 49

Attested activity

AD 921 龍德元年二月己卯
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 73
AD 888 to AD 904 昭宗時
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 26
AD 907 梁祖革命
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 158
AD 915 to AD 921 貞明中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 42
AD 909 開平三年十一月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 4
AD 907 to AD 911 開平中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 31

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Cui Hong (崔沆)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 24
Child of Cui Xuan (崔鉉)
youngest son 幼子
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 23

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Career and standing

Deputy Protector-General of the Western Capital 西京副留守
AD 915 to AD 921 貞明中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 42
Director of the Censorate 御史司憲
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 30
Left Vice Director 左丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 46-47
Minister of Rites 禮部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 41
Censor-in-Chief 御史司憲
AD 907 梁祖革命 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 158
Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 4

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Held
Labels Rites Minister 禮部尚書, Western Capital deputy defender 西都副留守, overseer of the directorate office 兼判尚書省事
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 73
Junior Tutor of the Heir Apparent 太子少傅
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 50
Entered
Retirement
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 48
demotion to Defender of Shizhou 謫石州司馬
Suffered
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 46

Places and affiliations

AD 907 梁祖革命
Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 158
Later Liang 梁
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 4

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 25

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Wang Quan (王權) · recommended Wang Quan as attending censor
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 158
Memorial · Author · With Kou Yanqing (寇彥卿) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 33-36
Memorial · Author · Quoted · Summary requested casting one branch seal for the Western Capital directorate · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Cui Yi (崔沂)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 73
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Zhang Quanyi (張全義)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 44

Events and relationships

Impeached
AD 907 to AD 911 開平中 · Legal · Prosecutor · With Kou Yanqing (寇彥卿)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 33, 39
Revised statutes
AD 909 開平三年十一月 · Administrative · Compiler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 4
Relation Recommender of · Person Wang Quan (王權)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 158

Assessments and attributes

Assessment stern integrity in upholding the law · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 40
Assessment stern uprightness; model for gentry · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 174
Item branch seal of the directorate office 尚書省分司印一面 · Relation Requested casting
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 73-74

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 4
Value historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 158

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

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己卯，禮部尚書、充西都副留守兼判尚書省事崔沂奏：「西京都省，凡有公事奏聞，常須借印施行，伏請鑄尚事省分司印一面。」 On jimao Cui Yi of Rites memorialized: "The Western Capital directorate must borrow seals for public business; please cast a branch seal for the directorate office."

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 · 13 passages

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崔沂， Cui Yi,

〈（《新唐書·宰相世係表》：沂，字德潤。）〉 (The New Book of Tang's tables of chief ministers give his style name as Derun.)〉

沂舉進士第，曆監察、補闕。 Yi passed the jinshi examination and served in succession as investigating censor and remonstrance official.

翌日，謁國相訴曰：「沂疏淺，不足以供詞翰之職。」 The next day he called on the chief minister and said, "I am too shallow a writer to hold a drafting post."

沂奏劾曰：「彥卿位是人臣，無專殺之理。 Yi submitted an impeachment memorial: "Yanqing is a subject of the throne and has no right to kill on his own authority.

梁祖惜彥卿，令沂以過失論，沂引鬥競律，以怙勢力為罪首，下手者減一等。 The Liang founder was reluctant to punish Yanqing and told Yi to treat the case as negligence. Yi cited the statute on brawling, naming abuse of power as the principal offense and reducing the penalty by one degree for those who carried out the act.

沂表入，責授彥卿遊擊將軍、左衛中郎將。 When Yi's memorial was received, Yanqing was demoted to general of the patrol and middle general of the Left Guard.

沂剛正守法，人士多之。 Yi's stern integrity in upholding the law won him wide admiration among the official class.

沂至府，客將白以副留守合行廷禮，沂曰：「張公官位至重，然尚帶府尹之名，不知副留守見尹之儀何如？」 When Yi arrived at headquarters, a staff officer told him that as deputy protector he was expected to perform court ceremony. Yi replied, "Lord Zhang's rank is immense, yet he still holds the title of prefect — I am not sure what protocol a deputy protector should follow in meeting a prefect?"

全義知之，遽引見沂，勞曰：「彼此有禮，俱老矣，勿相勞煩。」 Quanyi heard of this, summoned Yi at once, and said kindly, "Let us observe courtesy between equals — we are both old men; spare each other the formalities."

莊宗興復唐室，復用為左丞，判吏部尚書銓選司，坐累謫石州司馬。 When Zhuangzong restored the Tang, Yi was again appointed left vice director and placed in charge of the Ministry of Personnel's selection bureau; he was later demoted to defender of Shizhou on accumulated charges.

明宗即位，召還，復為左丞。 When Mingzong came to the throne, Yi was recalled and restored as left vice director.

如廷珪之文學，崔沂之剛正，劉嶽之典禮，舜卿之掌誥，洎夢徵而下，皆蔚有貞規，無虧懿範，固可以為搢紳之圭表，聳朝廷之羽儀，以之垂名，夫何不韙。 Men such as Tinggui in letters, Yi in integrity, Yue in ritual, Shunqing in edict drafting, and from Mengzheng downward all upheld steadfast standards without blemish on their reputations. They may serve as models for the official class and ornaments of the court. To leave such names to posterity — what could be more fitting?

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 92Volume 92 Book of Later Jin 18: Biographies 7: Yao Yi, Lu Qi, Liang Wenju, Shi Gui, Pei Hao, Wu Chengfan, Lu Dao, Zheng Taoguang, Wang Quan, Han Yun, Li Yi · 1 passage

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梁祖革命，御史司憲崔沂表為侍御史，遷兼職方員外郎知雜事。 When the Liang founder seized power, Censor-in-Chief Cui Yi recommended him as attending censor. He was promoted to concurrent vice director of the Bureau of Appointments with charge of miscellaneous affairs.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 147Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law · 1 passage

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梁太祖開平三年十一月，詔太常卿李燕、御史蕭頃、中書舍人張兗、戶部侍郎崔沂、大理卿王鄯、刑部郎中崔誥，共刪定律令格式。 In the eleventh month of the third year of Kaiping, Emperor Taizu of Liang ordered Grand Master of Splendid Happiness Li Yan, Censor Xiao Qing, Secretariat Drafter Zhang Chong, Vice Minister of Revenue Cui Yi, Minister of Justice Wang Shan, and Director of the Bureau of Punishments Cui Gao to revise the statutes, ordinances, formats, and regulations together.