Pei Shu (裴樞) | 24 Histories

Overview

Pei Shu was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jisheng	紀聖	Jisheng
Nickname	Pei the Fourteenth	裴十四

Life and dates

Death

AD 905 六月十一日
Killed · At Baima Post 白馬驛 · Body Treatment thrown into the river · Authority Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠) · From Source Date: Text: 六月十一日 · Western Year: AD 905
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 198

Age

65
AD 905 六月十一日 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 198

Attested activity

AD 881 中和初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 177
AD 894 乾寧初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 181
AD 905 六月十一日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 198
AD 871 咸通十二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 172
AD 904 哀帝初嗣位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 191
AD 890 to AD 891 大順中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 180

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AD 889 龍紀初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 178

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Pei Yin (裴寅)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 171-172
Child of Pei Xiang (裴向)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 172

Career and standing

Investigating Director of the Bureau of Enfeoffments 檢校司封郎中
AD 881 中和初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 177
Secretary of Zheng-Hua 鄭滑掌書記
AD 881 中和初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 177
Proclamation Commissioner to Bian 汴州宣諭使
AD 894 乾寧初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 181
Right Regular Attendant of the Cavalry 右散騎常侍
AD 894 乾寧初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 181
Left Vice Director of the Secretariat 尚書左僕射
AD 904 哀帝初嗣位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 196
Prefect of She 歙州刺史
AD 890 to AD 891 大順中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 180

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Right Guardian of the Heir Apparent 右庶子
AD 890 to AD 891 大順中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 180
Drafting Attendant 給事中
AD 889 龍紀初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 178
Metropolitan Prefect 京兆尹
AD 889 龍紀初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 178
administrative aide 從事
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 173
Attending Censor in the Palace 殿中侍御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 176
Collator in the Secretariat 秘書省校書郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 173
Commissioner of the Great Pure Palace 太清宮使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 190
Diarist 起居郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 176
Grand Academician of the Hongwen Hall 弘文館大學士
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 190
Investigating Right Vice Director and Chief Minister 檢校右僕射、同平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 187
Magistrate of Lantian 藍田尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 173
Military Commissioner of Guangnan 廣南節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 187
Minister of Works 工部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 186
Right Vice Director 右僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 190
Salt and Iron Transport Commissioner of all circuits 諸道鹽鐵轉運使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 190
Vice Director of the Chancellery 門下侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 188
Vice Minister of Personnel 吏部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 184
Vice Minister of Revenue and Chief Minister 戶部侍郎、同平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 185
Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 183
Grand Master of Palace Leisure and Prefect of Deng 朝散大夫、登州刺史
AD 905 五月 · Demoted to
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 191, 197
Registrar of Long Prefecture 瀧州司戶
AD 905 五月 · Demoted to
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 191, 197
Minister of Personnel deciding revenue 吏部尚書，判度支
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 188
on duty at the Hongwen Hall 直弘文館
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 174
Vice Director in the Ministries of War and Personnel 兵、吏二員外郎
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 177
gold-and-purple insignia 金紫
AD 881 中和初 · Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 177
Entered
AD 904 哀帝初嗣位 · Removed from chief ministry
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 196
Entered
AD 890 to AD 891 大順中 · Implicated demotion
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 180

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 172

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 871 咸通十二年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 172

Works and attributed material

national history 國史
Relation Supervised compilation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 188
AD 904 哀帝初嗣位
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Zhang Tingfan (張廷範) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Pei Shu (裴樞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 191-192

Events and relationships

Accompanied emperor to Hua
AD 894 乾寧初 · Travel · Attendant · With Emperor Zhaozong (唐昭宗) · At Hua Prefecture 華州
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 181
Accompanied emperor to Luoyang
AD 904 從昭宗遷洛陽 · Travel · Attendant · With Emperor Zhaozong (唐昭宗) · At Luoyang 洛陽
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 190
Accompanied emperor to Shu
AD 880 to AD 881 從僖宗幸蜀 · Travel · Attendant · With Emperor Xizong (唐僖宗) · At Shu 蜀
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 176
Delivered edict
AD 894 乾寧初 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 181, 183
Protected from southern posting
Political · Beneficiary · With Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 188
Withheld appointment
AD 904 哀帝初嗣位 · Political · Opposer · With Zhang Tingfan (張廷範)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 191, 193

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AD 871 咸通十二年
Relation Recruited as aide by · Person Du Shenquan (杜審權)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 172-173
Relation Allied with · Person Cui Yin (崔胤)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 184
Relation Favored by · Person Kong Wei (孔緯)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 179
Relation Treated as elder brother · Person Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 182
Relation Favored by · Person Wang Duo (王鐸)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 175, 177
Relation Recommended by · Person Li Huan (李煥)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 176

Assessments and attributes

Assessment rose through the rebel's favor and perished when the rebel turned against him—fitting · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 212