Five Dynasties · Privy Council Edict Drafter

Duan Hui 段徊

Attested AD 926

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duan Hui was a Privy Council Edict Drafter.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 天成元年五月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 71

Career and standing

Privy Council edict-drafter 樞密承旨
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 71

Events and relationships

Took bribes and urged jade book for Qian Liu
Political · Actor · With Qian Liu (錢鏐)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 71

Assessments and attributes

Assessment took-heavy-bribes · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 71

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Book of Later Tang 12: Mingzong Annals 2 · 1 passage

初，同光季年，鏐上疏密求玉冊、金印，郭崇韜進議以為不可，而樞密承旨段徊受其重賂，讚成其事，莊宗即允其請，至是故有貢謝。 Late in Tongguang Qian Liu had secretly asked for a jade book and seal; Guo Chongtao opposed it, but Duan Hui of the Privy Council took heavy bribes and pushed it through; Zhuangzong granted it—hence the thank-offering.