Overview
Cui Youfu was an official and Statesman.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 779 to AD 780 崔祐甫除吏八百皆親故也Strongly inferred · History of Jin 54, passage 234
- AD 779 德宗即位Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 66; New Book of Tang 51, passage 170; New Book of Tang 150, passage 83
Family
- Kinship Role relatives and associates · Count 800Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234
Key source chapters
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 150 Volume 150 Biographies 75: Li, Chang, Zhao, Cui, Qi, Lu 2 passages
- History of Jin, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 4: Ministry Selection, Provincial Selection, Honest Inspectors, Recommendations, Compensation for Achievements and Perpetual Faults 1 passage
- Old Book of Tang, Chapter 126 Volume 122 Biographies 72: Zhang Xiancheng, Lu Sigong, Qu Huan, Jin Hanheng, Yang Chaocheng, Fan Ze, Li Shuming, Pei Zhou 1 passage
- Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130 Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 51 Volume 51 Treatises 47: Finance and Economics 1 1 passage
Career and standing
- Chief Minister 宰相AD 779 德宗即位 · HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66
- chief minister 宰相HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 66
- Chief Minister 宰相HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 170
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Jin 54, passage 234
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66; New Book of Tang 51, passage 170
Works and attributed material
- AD 779 德宗即位Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66
Events and relationships
- Appointed eight hundred kin and associatesAD 779 to AD 780 古者 · Appointment · Appointing official · Mode allusion Speaker Emperor Zhangzong (章宗)Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234
- Cleared guest bureauAdministrative · Chief ministerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 170
- Relation Supporter of · Person Lü Wei (呂渭)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment cited as exemplar of recommending kin and associates without improper scruple · Mode quoted-exemplum Speaker Emperor Zhangzong (章宗)Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234
- Assessment praised Lü Wei's frank remonstrance as the way to great peace · Mode speaker-attribution Speaker Cui Youfu (崔祐甫) · With Lü Wei (呂渭)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66; New Book of Tang 51, passage 170
- Value historicalDirectly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234
References in the histories
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