Overview
Jinqing was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 742 to AD 765 史臣追述晉卿仕履Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 207, 209-212, 222
Career and standing
- improved posthumous name 美謚Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 211
- great minister 重臣Great ministerDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 210
Events and relationships
- Deceived sovereignPolitical · ActorDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 209
- Relation Flattered · Person Li Linfu (林甫)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 209-210
- Relation Curried favor with · Person Zhang Yi (張倚)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 209
- Relation Benefited from favor of · Person Yuan Zai (元載)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 211
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment cautious in person and faithful in service; a pure/loyal minister who preserved integrity when fleeing rebels · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 207
- Assessment claims that he was no crafty courtier cannot be believed · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 212
- Assessment followed Li Linfu, indulged clerks, curried favor with Zhang Yi, and deceived the sovereign · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 209
- Assessment had cause for shame beside Zunqing · With Zunqing (遵慶) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 218
- Assessment in life a great minister who flattered Li Linfu's power · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 210
- Assessment learned and discerning, yet failed the balance of lenience and severity · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 208
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- Assessment profound · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 222
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