Overview
Cui Yuanzong was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Death
- Age At Death more than ninetyDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 262
Age
- 90Qualifier more than ninety · Source Text 年九十餘Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 262
Attested activity
- AD 690 to AD 705 天授初Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passages 256-262
- AD 690 天授初Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 255
- AD 690 to AD 705 武后時Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passages 248, 253
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Cui Yuanzongfather 父 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 114, passage 254
- Descendant of Cui Junsu (崔君肅)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 254
Career and standing
- chief minister 宰相Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 248, 255
- Investigating Censor 監察御史AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 260
- Associate Chief Minister of the Phoenix Pavilion and Crane Terrace 同鳳閣鸞台平章事AD 690 天授初 · HeldDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 255
- Vice-Director of the Crane Terrace 鸞台侍郎AD 690 天授初 · HeldDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 255
- Prefect of Puzhou 蒲州刺史TransferredDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 261
- EnteredExile · At Zhenzhou 振州Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 259
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- EnteredRetiredDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 261
- ReceivedAmnesty returnDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 260
- SentencedBanishmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 259
Places and affiliations
- At Xinzheng in Zhengzhou 鄭州新鄭Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 253
- At Puzhou 蒲州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 261
- At Zhenzhou 振州 · Relation Exiled toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 259
Learning and skills
- Skill nurturing health / longevity practices 攝生 · Level skilledDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 262
Events and relationships
- Hunted flaws toward death sentencesLegal · InterrogatorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 258
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment feared and despised by people for relentless prosecutions · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 258
- Assessment gentry rejoiced at his banishment · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 259
- Assessment outwardly careful and generous, inwardly harsh and mean · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 257
- scrupulous and cautious; kept belt fastened all day in the Hall of Government Affairs; guarded minute detailsCharacterDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 256
References in the histories
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