Sui and Tang · Tang Chancellor

Niu Xianke 牛仙客

Attested AD 736 - AD 742

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Niu Xianke was a Tang Chancellor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 736 to AD 742 牛仙客為相
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 163

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 163

Events and relationships

Served as chancellor when Peng Guo proposed expanding grain purchases
Administrative · Official
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 53, passage 163

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 53Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage

牛仙客為相，有彭果者獻策廣關輔之糴，京師糧稟益羨，自是玄宗不復幸東都。 Under Chancellor Niu Xianke, Peng Guo proposed expanding Guanfu grain purchases. Capital stores overflowed, and Xuanzong never again visited Luoyang.