Sui and Tang · Scholar and Hermit

Miao Kui 苗夔

Attested AD 660 - AD 710

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Miao Kui was a scholar and Hermit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 660 to AD 710 祖夔高道不仕
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 4

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Miao Daishu (苗殆庶)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 4-5
Ancestor of Miao Jingqing (苗晉卿)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 4

Career and standing

Minister of Rites 禮部尚書
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 4
did not take office 不仕
Never held office
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 4

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 4

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exalted principle and lofty character · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 4

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 4

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 1 passage

祖夔，高道不仕，追贈禮部尚書。 His grandfather Kui was a man of exalted principle who never entered government service; he was posthumously honored as Minister of Rites.