Cui Yuan 崔圓

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Cui Liang (崔亮)
  eighth-generation descendant 八世孫 · paternal line · 8 generations
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 3

Origins and identity

• eighth-generation descendant of Cui Liang
  Ancestor Person Id Cui Liang (崔亮) · Generation Distance 8
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 3

Career and standing

• regent of the Eastern Capital 留守東都
  AD 758 乾元元年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 15
• grand councillor of the Secretariat and Chancellery 同中書門下平章事
  AD 756 玄宗西出 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 11
• vice director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎
  AD 756 玄宗西出 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 11
• prefect of Huaizhou 懷州刺史
  AD 759 王師之敗相州也 · Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 19
• acting minister of the left 檢校左仆射
  Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 21
• acting minister of the right 檢校尚書右仆射
  Appointed
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 20

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passages 5, 11
• At Wucheng in Beizhou 貝州武城
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 3
• AD 758 乾元元年
  At Eastern Capital 東都 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 15
• AD 759 王師之敗相州也
  At Fenzhou 汾州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 19
• AD 759 王師之敗相州也
  At Huaizhou 懷州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 19
• AD 713 to AD 741 開元中
  At Huichang 會昌 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 5

Learning and skills

• Subject military classics 兵家
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 4
• Earned
  AD 713 to AD 741 開元中 · Credential policy examination on military strategy, top grade 鈐謀對策甲科
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 5
• Skill military treatises 兵家 · Level studied
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 4

Works and attributed material

• AD 756 玄宗西出
  Memorial · Author · With Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 9

Events and relationships

• Abandoned the Eastern Capital and fled to Xiangyang after the imperial army's defeat at Xiangzhou, fearing free plundering by passing troops
  AD 759 王師之敗相州也 · Flight · Fugitive · At Xiangyang 襄陽
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 17
• After six years in Huainan asked to attend court; officials and commoners begged him to stay, and an edict made him acting minister of the right and sent him back
  Administrative · Commissioner
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 20
• Among the chancellors appointed by the retired emperor, none of whom still held office
  AD 758 乾元元年 · Political · Former chancellor · With Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 16
• Fortified the city, deepened the moat, set up lodges, and stockpiled supplies after news of rebellion, reading Yang Guozhong's intent
  AD 756 玄宗西出 · Military · Preparer · With Yang Guozhong (楊國忠)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 8
• Had halls, curtains, and furnishings of the court offices ready when the emperor arrived in Shu
  AD 756 玄宗西出 · Administrative · Preparer
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 12
• Ordered to go with Fang Guan and Wei Jiansu to the mobile court
  AD 756 肅宗立 · Political · Ordered official · With Fang Guan (房琯)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 13

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment admired still more for preparing the court offices in Shu · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 12
• Assessment ambitious for merit and fame · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 8
• Assessment lofty ambitions · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 4
• Assessment loyal minister recognized in troubled times · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗)
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 10
• Assessment renowned for administrative conduct · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 19
• orphaned in youth and raised in poverty
  Family circumstance
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 4

Source notes

• Value historical
  Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 3