Pei Ji (裴垍) | 24 Histories

Overview

Pei Ji was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 808 to AD 811 未幾而卒 after leaving the chancellorship
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 103
AD 808 to AD 811 未幾而卒
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 75

Attested activity

AD 806 to AD 811 appreciated Boqu; later left chancellorship
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 102-103
AD 806 元和初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 204, 208
AD 808 to AD 810 宰相裴垍
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 96
AD 808 to AD 810 宰相裴垍
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 52, passage 188
AD 808 to AD 811 裴垍善其應對
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 74-75
AD 810 謀圖
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 146

Family

Kin of Wife of Liu Boqu (伯芻妻)
maternal cousin 從姨 · maternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 106
Kin of Wife of Boqu (伯芻妻)
maternal cousin 從姨 · maternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 78

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Career and standing

Mentor of the Heir Apparent 太子賓客
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 75; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 103
chancellor 相
AD 806 元和初 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 208
Chancellor 相
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 181
chief minister 宰相
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 96; New Book of Tang 52, passage 188
chancellor 相
Left
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 75; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 103
Junior Mentor of the Heir Apparent 太子少傅
Posthumously granted · With Boqu (伯芻)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 77

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Junior Mentor of the Heir Apparent 太子少傅
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 105

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 96; Old Book of Tang 153, passages 74, 181; Old Book of Tang 157, passages 103, 208

Events and relationships

Appointed diarist
Administrative · Patron · With Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 181
Denied then granted posthumous office
Political · Deceased honorand · With Li Jifu (李吉甫)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 104-105
Ordered governors to fund expenses from governed then subordinate prefectures; surpluses to directorate
Administrative · Reformer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 188
Used as diarist
AD 806 元和初 · Appointment · Patron · With Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 208
Relation Patron of · Person Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 181; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 208
Relation Grudge with · Person Li Jifu (李吉甫)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 76

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Relation Rival of · Person Li Jifu (李吉甫)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 104

Assessments and attributes

Assessment appreciated Boqu's quick and nimble responses · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 74; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 102

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 96; Old Book of Tang 153, passage 181
Value historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 208

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 112Volume 108 Biographies 58: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Du Hongjian · 1 passage

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宰相裴垍、李絳、崔群輩多與友善，而後進之有浮名者，亦遊其門，以是稱有時望。 He was on friendly terms with chief ministers such as Pei Ji, Li Jiang, and Cui Qun, and younger men seeking reputation also sought his patronage, which gave him standing among his contemporaries.

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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以過從友人飲噱，為韋執誼密奏，貶虔州掾曹，復為考功員外郎裴垍善其應對機捷，遷考功郎中、集賢院學士，轉給事中。 He drank and jested too freely with friends; Wei Zhiyi secretly memorialized against him and he was demoted to a clerical post in Qianzhou. Later, as vice director of merit evaluation, he impressed Pei Ji with his quick wit and rose to director of merit evaluation, academician of the Academy of Scholarly Worthies, and Drafting Attendant.

裴垍罷相，為太子賓客，未幾而卒。 When Pei Ji left office he became Mentor of the Heir Apparent and died soon after.

李吉甫復入相，與垍宿嫌，不加贈官； When Li Jifu returned as chancellor, he bore an old grudge against Ji and granted no posthumous office;

伯芻上疏論之，贈垍太子少傅。 Boqu submitted a memorial on the matter, and Ji was posthumously made Junior Mentor of the Heir Apparent.

伯芻妻，垍從姨也。 Boqu's wife was Ji's maternal cousin.

裴垍作相，用為起居郎，轉司勛員外、刑部郎中、兼侍御史、知雜事，改兵部郎中、給事中。 When Pei Ji became chancellor, he was appointed Diarist. He rose to vice director of Merits, director in the Ministry of Justice, concurrent Serving Censor supervising miscellaneous matters, then became director in the Ministry of War and Drafting Attendant.

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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以過從友人飲噱，為韋執誼密奏，貶虔州掾曹，復為考功員外郎裴垍善其應對機捷，遷考功郎中、集賢院學士，轉給事中。 He drank and jested too freely with friends; Wei Zhiyi secretly memorialized against him and he was demoted to a clerical post in Qianzhou. Later, as vice director of merit evaluation, he impressed Pei Ji with his quick wit and rose to director of merit evaluation, academician of the Academy of Scholarly Worthies, and Drafting Attendant.

裴垍罷相，為太子賓客，未幾而卒。 When Pei Ji left office he became Mentor of the Heir Apparent and died soon after.

李吉甫復入相，與垍宿嫌，不加贈官； When Li Jifu returned as chancellor, he bore an old grudge against Ji and granted no posthumous office;