Jing (靜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Jing was an official and Administrator.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yuanxiu	元休	Yuanxiu
Posthumous name	Solemn	肅

Life and dates

Death

died; date not given in this passage
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 194

Attested activity

AD 604 to AD 618 在隋佐親衛
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 172
AD 626 太宗即位
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 178
AD 630 禽頡利
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passages 186-187
AD 617 高祖入京師
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 173

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Dan (誕)
brother 子 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 95, passage 170
Sibling of Yan (衍)
brother 子 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 95, passage 170
Child of Kang (抗)
son 子
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passages 170, 172
Parent of Kui (逵)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 195

Career and standing

acting Grand Area Commander of Bingzhou 檢校并州大總管
Appointed acting
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 176
Minister of Agriculture 司農卿
AD 626 太宗即位 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 178
Chief Administrator of the Bingzhou Grand Area Command 并州大總管府長史
AD 617 高祖入京師 · Appointed · At Bingzhou 并州
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 173
Ningshuo Commissioner 甯朔大使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 192
Minister of the Ministry of Revenue 民部尚書
Promoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 193
personal guard 親衛
AD 604 to AD 618 在隋佐親衛 · Served
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 172

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Military Governor of Xia Prefecture 夏州都督
Transferred · At Xia Prefecture 夏州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 182
Baron of Xindu County 信都縣男
AD 626 太宗即位 · Enfeoffed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 178
imperial commendation 嘉之
Commended
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 185
Solemn 肅
Posthumously titled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 194
Languished
Stalled promotion
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 172

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 172
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 173
At Bingzhou 并州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passages 173, 176
At Xia Prefecture 夏州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 182

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 174
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passages 187-191
Speech · Speaker · With Zhao Yuankai (趙元楷) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passages 179-180

Events and relationships

Briefed generals on Turk conditions
Military · Advisor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 183
Opposed settling Turks south of Yellow River
Policy · Adviser · Outcome Plan not adopted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passages 186-187, 192
Requested fortifying Shiling
Military · Proposer · At Shiling Pass 石嶺
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 177
Requested tuntian
Administrative · Proposer · At Taiyuan 太原
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 174
Sowed discord among Turk tribes
Diplomatic · Agent · With Yujue (郁射)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 184
Won court debate
Court · Debater · With Pei Ji (裴寂)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 175

Assessments and attributes

Assessment despised Zhao Yuankai's revenue gathering · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Jing (靜)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 179
Item a hundred horses 馬百匹 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 185
Item a thousand sheep 羊千口 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 185

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 172

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History

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 20: Gao Jian and Fifth Generation Descendents: Gao Zhong, Dou Weizhi, Douzhi, Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Dou Kang, Dou Jing, Dou Dan, Dou Zhi, Dou Congsun: Dou Dexuan · 11 passages

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子衍、靜、誕，衍襲爵。 His sons were Yan, Jing, and Dan; Yan inherited the title.

侄孫靜 Grandnephew — Jing

靜字元休，在隋佐親衛，以父得罪煬帝，久不之進。 Jing, courtesy name Yuanxiu, served in the Sui imperial guard, but because his father had fallen from Emperor Yang's favor he languished without advancement.

高祖入京師，擢并州大總管府長史。 When Gaozu took the capital, Jing was made chief administrator of the Bingzhou grand area command.

時突厥數為邊患，糧道不屬，靜表請屯田太原，以省饋運。 Turk raids disrupted the frontier and supply lines; Jing proposed farming colonies around Taiyuan to cut transport costs.

議者以流亡未復，不宜重困，於是召入與裴寂、蕭瑀、封倫廷議，寂等不能屈，帝從之，歲收粟十萬斛。 Critics argued refugees were not yet resettled and the plan would overburden them. Jing was called to debate Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, and Feng Lun at court; none could refute him, and the emperor approved. That year the farms yielded a hundred thousand hu of grain.

太宗即位，授司農卿，封信都縣男。 When Taizong succeeded, Jing became minister of revenue for agriculture and baron of Xindu.

趙元楷為少卿，靜鄙其聚斂，因會官屬大言曰：「如煬帝奢侈，竭四海自奉，司農須公矣。 His vice minister Zhao Yuankai was notorious for squeezing revenue. At a staff meeting Jing declared, "Under an emperor as extravagant as Yang, draining the realm to feed his appetites, the ministry would need a man like you.

突厥攜貳，諸將出征者過靜，靜為陳虜中虛實，諸將由是大克獲。 As the Turks turned restless, campaigning generals stopped to consult Jing on enemy conditions — and won great victories accordingly.

靜上書曰：「夷狄窮則搏噬，飽則群聚，不可以刑法繩、仁義教也。 Jing wrote: "Barbarians fight when desperate and flock together when fed — neither law nor moral teaching can truly bind them.

帝雖不從，然嘉其忠，優詔答曰：「北方之務，悉以相委，以卿為甯朔大使，朕無北顧憂矣。」 The emperor did not adopt the plan but praised Jing's loyalty and replied graciously: "I entrust all northern affairs to you. As Ningshuo Commissioner, you leave me with no worry for that frontier."