Sui and Tang · Statesman and Official

Du Ruhui 杜如晦

Attested AD 627 - AD 637

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Ruhui was a statesman and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 634 to AD 637 嘗侍宴慶善宮（同州刺史之後、十一年改封之前）
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 115
AD 627 貞觀元年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 112

Career and standing

substantive fief of 1,300 households 食實封千三百戶
AD 627 貞觀元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 112

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 112

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 112

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 72Volume 68 Biographies 18: Weichi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Zheng Gongjin · 2 passages

貞觀元年，拜右武候大將軍，賜爵吳國公，與長孫無忌、房玄齡、杜如晦四人並食實封千三百戶。 In Zhenguan 1 he became right martial guard grand general and Duke of Wu; he and Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui each held substantive fiefs of 1,300 households.

敬德好訐直，負其功，每見無忌、玄齡、如晦等短長，必面折廷辯，由是與執政不平。 Jingde was blunt and proud of his merit; he openly quarreled with Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui in court and fell out with the chief ministers.