Pei Zunqing (裴遵慶)

Overview

Pei Zunqing was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 760 to AD 761 上元中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 146
AD 742 to AD 756 天寶中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 141-142
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 143
AD 763 廣德初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 147-148
AD 765 永泰元年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 118
AD 756 肅宗即位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 144

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

Career and standing

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 113, passage 144
aide in the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 139
judicial aide in Lu Prefecture 潞府司法參軍
Appointed · Via hereditary privilege
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 138
exclusive charge of the southern bureau 專判南曹
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 140

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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

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 144
At Wenxi in Jiang Prefecture 絳州聞喜
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 135
At Hedong 河東 · Relation Ancestral place
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 136
At Lu Prefecture 潞府 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 138

Learning and skills

from youth applied himself rigorously to study and read widely in the classics
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 137
Skill personnel administration / checking documents and ledgers 吏事 · Level renowned-as-first
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 142

Events and relationships

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
Set forth court intent
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 148
Relation Not attached to · Person Yang Guozhong (楊國忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 143

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 humble, frugal, self-restrained, deliberate and careful; enjoyed considerable contemporary standing · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 145
Assessment loyal and pure (忠純) · Mode named-person-report Speaker Daizong (代宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 147

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History

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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 · 9 passages

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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.