Jianxu (鑒虛) | 24 Histories

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Jianxu was a Monk.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	the monk Jianxu	僧鑒虛

Life and dates

Death

Cause Execution · Authority Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 298
AD 810 to AD 814 存誠之戮鑒虛
Execution · Authority Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 271
Beaten to death · Cause Execution after corruption case
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 193
AD 806 元和初
beaten to death 笞死
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 220

Attested activity

AD 806 元和初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 212, 214
AD 810 存誠之戮鑒虛
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 298
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 186
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 213

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Career and standing

Entered
Imprisoned
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 187
imprisonment 下獄
Entered
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 187
death by beating 笞死
Executed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 188, 193
Imprisoned
AD 806 元和初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 214
Sentenced to death
AD 806 元和初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 215
handed to Jingzhao for execution 付京兆府決殺
AD 813 八年春 · Sentenced
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 62

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execution 戮
Suffered · Authority Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 271; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 298

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 186
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 298

Learning and skills

Belief Buddhism 僧 · Relation Monk
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 186; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 213

Events and relationships

Cultivated powerful and inner attendants
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元中 · Corruption · Bribe taker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 186
Cultivated the powerful and relied on inner attendants
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元中 · Corruption · Bribe taker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 213
Implicated in private scandals
Legal · Defendant · With Yu Di (於頔), Du Huangshang (杜黃裳)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 187
Implicated with Yu Di and Du Huangshang
AD 806 元和初 · Legal · Defendant · With Yu Di (於頔)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 214-215

Assessments and attributes

Item corrupt bribes of several hundred thousand 奸贓數十萬 · Relation Obtained
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 215

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 186
Value historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 213, 298

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 6 passages

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僧鑒虛者，自貞元中交結權倖，招懷賂遺，倚中人為城社，吏不敢繩。 The monk Jianxu had since the Zhenyuan era cultivated ties with the powerful and favored, solicited bribes, relied on inner attendants as his protection, and officials did not dare touch him.

會於頔、杜黃裳家私事發，連逮鑒虛下獄。 When private scandals at the homes of Yu Di and Du Huangshang came to light, Jianxu was implicated and imprisoned.

中外權要，更於上前保救，上宣令釋放，存誠不奉詔。 Powerful figures inside and outside court repeatedly interceded before the emperor. The emperor ordered Jianxu released, but Cuncheng refused to obey.

存誠附中使奏曰：「鑒虛罪款已具，陛下若召而赦之，請先殺臣，然後可取。 Cuncheng sent a report through the inner envoy: "Jianxu's crimes are fully established. If Your Majesty summons and pardons him, kill me first—then you may take him.

上嘉其有守，從之，鑒虛竟笞死。 The emperor praised his steadfastness and agreed. Jianxu was beaten to death in the end.

袁高之執盧杞，存誠之戮鑒虛，有古人之遺風焉！ Yuan Gao's stand against Lu Qi and Cuncheng's execution of Jianxu carry the spirit of the ancients!

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 6 passages

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僧鑒虛者，自貞元中交結權倖，招懷賂遺，倚中人為城社，吏不敢繩。 The monk Jianxu had since the Zhenyuan era cultivated ties with the powerful and favored, solicited bribes, relied on inner attendants as his protection, and officials did not dare touch him.

會於頔、杜黃裳家私事發，連逮鑒虛下獄。 When private scandals at the homes of Yu Di and Du Huangshang came to light, Jianxu was implicated and imprisoned.

中外權要，更於上前保救，上宣令釋放，存誠不奉詔。 Powerful figures inside and outside court repeatedly interceded before the emperor. The emperor ordered Jianxu released, but Cuncheng refused to obey.