Sui and Tang · Chancellor

Du Yuanying 杜元穎

Attested AD 821

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Yuanying was a Chancellor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 821 長慶初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 5-6

Career and standing

chancellor 宰相
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 5

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 5

Events and relationships

Ordered suspects returned to garrisons
Political · Memorialist · With Cui Zhi (崔植)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 5

Assessments and attributes

Assessment knew nothing of war and lacked long-term vision · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 5

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 1 passage

宰相崔植、杜元穎不知兵，且無遠略，謂兩河無虞，遂奏勒歸鎮。 The chancellors Cui Zhi and Du Yuanying knew nothing of war and had no long-term vision. Assuming the Two He regions were safe, they memorialized that the men be sent back to their garrisons.