Sui and Tang · Statesman

Du Ruhui 杜如晦

Dù Rúhuì

Attested AD 618 - AD 630

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Ruhui was a statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Cheng	成

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 to AD 630 杜如晦曰成
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 140, passage 217

Career and standing

chancellor 宰相
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 217

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 140, passage 217

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 1 passage

故杜如晦曰成，封德彜曰明，王珪曰懿，陳叔達曰忠，溫彥博曰恭，岑文本曰憲，韋世源曰昭，皆當時赫赫居宰相位者，謚不過一名。 Thus Du Ruhui was posthumously Cheng; Feng Deyi, Ming; Wang Gui, Yi; Chen Shuda, Zhong; Wen Yanbo, Gong; Cen Wenben, Xian; Wei Shiyuan, Zhao—all illustrious chancellors of their day, each with no more than one posthumous character.