Pei Tan (裴坦) | 24 Histories

Overview

Pei Tan was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 874 to AD 879 唐乾符初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 4

Career and standing

Chief Minister concurrently administering the salt monopoly 丞相兼判鹽鐵
AD 874 to AD 879 唐乾符初 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 4

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 4

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18 Book of Later Liang 18: Biographies 8: Zhang Wenyu, Xue Yiju, Zhang Ce, Du Xiao, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen · 1 passage

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唐乾符初，登進士第，時丞相裴坦兼判鹽鐵，解褐署巡官。 In the early Qianfu era he took the jinshi degree; Chief Minister Pei Tan, who also oversaw the salt monopoly, gave him his first appointment as a patrol official.