Pei Zunqing (裴遵慶)

Overview

Pei Zunqing was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name		遵度

Life and dates

Death

AD 775 大歷十年十月
At in office 於位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 148

Age

90
Quantity more than ninety · Reckoning Stated as years
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 148
already advanced in years while still little known
Reckoning Unspecified
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 130

Attested activity

AD 769 大歷四年六月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 62
AD 760 to AD 761 上元中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 146; Old Book of Tang 117, passage 138
AD 742 to AD 772 列傳篇首
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 1
AD 735 to AD 760 列傳苗晉卿裴冕裴遵慶
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 1
AD 760 名相
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 164
AD 775 大歷十年十月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 148

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AD 742 to AD 756 天寶中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 141-142
AD 742 to AD 756 天寶中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 133-134
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 143; Old Book of Tang 117, passage 135
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 135, 149
AD 763 廣德初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 147-148; Old Book of Tang 117, passage 139
AD 763 廣德初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 139-142
AD 765 to AD 775 永泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 143, 145-147
AD 765 永泰元年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 118; Old Book of Tang 117, passages 110, 143
AD 765 永泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 143-144
AD 750 to AD 770 為國忠所出…遇蕭華
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 208-209
AD 756 肅宗即位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 144
AD 756 肅宗即位
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 136-137

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Mad clan nephew of Pei Zunqing
clan nephew 族侄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 147
Parent of Pei Xiang (向)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 1
Parent of Pei Xiang (向)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 1
Parent of Pei Xiang (裴向)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 164
Parent of Pei Xiang (裴向)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 150

Kinship Role ancestral office-holders · Quantity generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 128
Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 215

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

distinguished clan of Hedong that inherited high office for generations 河東著族，代襲冠冕
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 136
leading clan of Hedong 河東著族
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 128

Career and standing

chief minister 名相
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 164
in charge of civil-service selection 知選事
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 144
judicial official deciding criminal cases 剖斷刑獄
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 131
legal administrator of the Lu prefecture office 潞府司法參軍
Appointed through hereditary privilege
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 130
chief minister (tong zhongshu menxia pingzhangshi) 同中書門下平章事
AD 760 to AD 761 上元中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 138
vice director of the palace gate 黃門侍郎
AD 760 to AD 761 上元中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 138

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prefect 郡守
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 135
scholar on call at the Hall of Assembled Worthies 集賢待制
AD 765 永泰元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 110
scholar on call at the Hall of Assembled Worthies 集賢院待制
AD 765 永泰元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 143
drafting attendant 給事中
AD 756 肅宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 136
right assistant of the Department of State Affairs 尚書右丞
AD 756 肅宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 136
Right Assistant of the Department of State Affairs 尚書右丞
AD 756 肅宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 144
Supervising Secretary 給事中
AD 756 肅宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 144
vice minister of personnel 吏部侍郎
AD 756 肅宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 136
Vice Minister of Personnel 吏部侍郎
AD 756 肅宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 144
aide in the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 139
assistant director of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 131
judicial aide in Lu Prefecture 潞府司法參軍
Appointed · Via hereditary privilege
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 138
junior tutor of the heir apparent 太子少傅
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 142
minister of personnel 吏部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 144
right vice director 右僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 144
vice director in the Ministry of Personnel 吏部員外郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 132
vice director of the Gate Office 司門員外
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 132
Right Vice Director 右僕射
AD 769 大歷四年六月 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 62
capital bureau officer 省郎
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 149
exclusive charge of the southern bureau 專判南曹
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 140
sole charge of the southern bureau of selection 專判南曹
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 132
co-ordinating minister 同中書門下平章事
AD 760 to AD 761 上元中 · Promoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 146
Vice Minister of the Chancellery 黃門侍郎
AD 760 to AD 761 上元中 · Promoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 146
Vice Director in the Ministry of Personnel 吏部員外郎
Promoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 140
Vice Director of the Gate Office 司門員外
Promoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 140
prefect 郡守
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末 · Sent out as
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 143
Described
Already old and still unknown
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 138
Entered
AD 765 永泰元年 · Removed from chief ministry
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 143

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 144; Old Book of Tang 117, passages 1, 127, 208
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 135-136; Old Book of Tang 127, passage 62
At Wenxi in Jiang Prefecture 絳州聞喜
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 135
At Wenxi, Jiang prefecture 絳州聞喜
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 127
AD 763 廣德初
At Fen prefecture 汾州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 139
At Hedong 河東 · Relation Ancestral place
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 136; Old Book of Tang 117, passage 128

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At Lu Prefecture 潞府 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 138
AD 765 永泰元年
Organization Hall of Assembled Worthies 集賢院 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 143

Learning and skills

broad study of written records 博涉載籍
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 129
from youth applied himself rigorously to study and read widely in the classics
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 137
Belief Confucian conduct 儒行 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 146
Skill administrative documentary work 吏事 · Level foremost of the time
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 134
Skill personnel administration / checking documents and ledgers 吏事 · Level renowned-as-first
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 142

Works and attributed material

Record of Royal Government 王政記
Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 149
Record of Royal Government 王政記
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 149
Diplomatic address · Speaker · With Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 140
Narrative action · Agent
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 136-137

Events and relationships

Accused of disloyalty via denunciation drum
Legal · Accused · With Mad clan nephew of Pei Zunqing
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 147
Adjudicated criminal cases and upheld statutes
Administrative · Judge
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 139
Dispatched to console
AD 763 廣德初 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩) · At Fenzhou 汾州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 147
Dispatched to reassure
AD 763 廣德初 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩) · At Fen prefecture 汾州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 139
Explained court position
AD 763 廣德初 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 140
Flogged candidate
Legal · Executor · With Chen Guan (陳琯)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 145

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Handled mass personnel selection
AD 742 to AD 756 天寶中 · Administrative · Selection official
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 133-134
Posted out as prefect
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末 · Political · Subject · With Yang Guozhong (楊國忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 135
Posted to provinces
AD 750 to AD 756 為國忠所出 · Political · Subject · With Yang Guozhong (楊國忠)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 208
Rushed to mobile court
AD 763 廣德初 · Political · Official · At Shan 陜
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 141
Set forth court intent
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 148
Took up ministry duties with Liu Yan
AD 769 大歷四年六月 · Ritual · Colleague · With Liu Yan (劉晏)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 62
Relation Praised by · Person Xiao Hua (蕭華)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 138
Relation Colleague of · Person Pei Mian (裴冕)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 143
Relation Not attached to · Person Yang Guozhong (楊國忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 143
Relation Recognized by · Person Xiao Hua (蕭華)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 209

Assessments and attributes

Assessment called first in personnel affairs of the time; fame became great · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 142
Assessment deep and steady temperament; quick and perceptive; studied rigorously from youth; kept obscure and did not meddle in contemporary affairs · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 137
Assessment deep-spirited, keen-witted; studied hard from youth; kept a low profile · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 129
Assessment had the makings of a chief minister, recognized by discerning readers of his Record of Royal Government · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 149
Assessment humble, frugal, self-restrained, deliberate and careful; enjoyed considerable contemporary standing · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 145
Assessment keen perception and strong memory; acclaimed first in clerical affairs; won wide fame · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 134

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Assessment learning upright and conduct clear; respectful, frugal, discreet; high office with pure conduct, more steadfast in old age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 208-210
Assessment loyal and pure (忠純) · Mode named-person-report Speaker Daizong (代宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 147
Assessment loyal and pure · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Daizong (代宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 139
Assessment reputation for good governance began to spread · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 131
Assessment respectful, frugal, self-restrained, grave and discreet; enjoyed contemporary esteem · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 137
Assessment steadfastly upheld Confucian conduct and grew more careful in old age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 146
Assessment trusted by the emperor; accusation disregarded · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 147

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 1, 127; Old Book of Tang 127, passage 62

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 10 passages

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○苗晉卿裴冕裴遵慶子向向子寅寅子樞=苗晉卿=苗晉卿，上黨壺關人。 This section covers Miao Jinqing, Pei Mian, and Pei Zunqing, together with Pei Xiang, Xiang's son Yin, and Yin's son Shu. Miao Jinqing was from Huguan in Shangdang.

永泰元年，與裴遵慶等並集賢待制。 In the first year of Yongtai he and Pei Zunqing and others were all appointed scholars awaiting edicts at the Jixian Academy.

裴遵慶，絳州聞喜人也。 Pei Zunqing was from Wenxi in Jiang prefecture.

遵慶志氣深厚，機鑒敏達，自幼強學，博涉載籍，謹身晦跡，不幹當世之務。 Zunqing had a deep and steady temperament and was quick and perceptive in judgment. From youth he applied himself rigorously to study and read widely in the classics, keeping his conduct restrained and his name obscure, and never meddling in the affairs of the day.

遵慶敏識強記，精核文簿，詳而不滯，時稱吏事第一，由是大知名。 Zunqing was quick of mind and strong of memory, rigorously checking documents and ledgers—thorough yet never sluggish. Of the time he was called first in personnel affairs, and from this his fame became great.

天寶末，楊國忠當國，出不附己者例為外官，遵慶亦出為郡守。 At the end of Tianbao, when Yang Guozhong held power, those who did not support him were routinely sent to provincial posts; Zunqing too was sent out as prefect.

肅宗即位，征拜給事中、尚書右丞、吏部侍郎。 When Suzong took the throne, Zunqing was summoned and appointed supervising secretary, right assistant of the Department of State Affairs, and vice minister of personnel.

上元中，蕭華輔政，素知遵慶，每奏見，累稱之，遷黃門侍郎、同中書門下平章事。 In the Shangyuan era Xiao Hua assisted in government and had long known Zunqing; whenever he had audience he repeatedly praised him, and Zunqing was promoted to vice minister of the Chancellery and co-ordinating minister.

廣德初，仆固懷恩阻兵汾上，指中官為詞，上以遵慶忠純，特遣往汾州宣慰懷恩。 At the beginning of Guangde, Pugu Huai'en held his army on the Fen River and cited the eunuchs as his grievance; the emperor, knowing Zunqing's loyalty and integrity, specially dispatched him to Fenzhou to proclaim consolation to Huai'en.

遵慶既見懷恩，具陳朝旨，懷恩引過聽命，將隨遵慶朝謁，為副將範誌誠以邪說惑之，懷恩遂以懼死為詞。 When Zunqing met Huai'en, he fully set forth the court's intent; Huai'en admitted fault and awaited orders and was about to follow Zunqing to audience at court—but vice general Fan Zhicheng deluded him with perverse talk, and Huai'en then pleaded fear of death.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 19 passages