Sui and Tang · Envoy Official and General

Sheng 晟

Attested AD 587 - AD 597

Passages: 13
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sheng was an envoy Official and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 587 七年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 130-131, 135-137
AD 588 八年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139
AD 597 十七年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 158-159
AD 593 十三年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 142-148, 150

Career and standing

envoy 使
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 130, 142, 145
Kaifu 開府
AD 593 十三年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 148

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 130, 148

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 144
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 150-155
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 136-137

Events and relationships

Bribed nobles and seized Yang Qin by night raid
AD 593 十三年 · Legal · Captor · With Yang Qin (楊欽)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 146
Demanded Yang Qin
AD 593 十三年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Yang Qin (楊欽)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 145
Escorted bride and persuaded Rangan south
AD 597 十七年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Rangan (染幹)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 158-159
Invested Turk rulers
AD 587 七年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Chuluohou (處羅侯), Yonglu (雍閭)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130
Memorialized the princess affair
AD 593 十三年 · Political · Reporter
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 144
Mourned Chuluohou and bestowed Chen treasures on Yonglu
AD 588 八年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Chuluohou (處羅侯), Yonglu (雍閭)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 139

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Observed Yonglu
AD 593 十三年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Yonglu (雍閭)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 142
Opposed marriage to Yonglu and urged marriage to Rangan
AD 593 十三年 · Political · Advisor · With Yonglu (雍閭), Rangan (染幹)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passages 150-156
Sent to execute Princess Dayi
AD 593 十三年 · Legal · Enforcer · With Princess Dayi (大義公主)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 148
Urged sparing Abo and preserving both sides
AD 587 七年 · Political · Advisor · With Abo (阿波)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 135-138

Assessments and attributes

Assessment counsel accepted by the emperor · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passages 138, 156

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 130
Bribed Yonglu high officials to locate Yang Qin
Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 146

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History

13 passages

Book of Sui, Chapter 51Volume 51 Biographies 16: Zhang Sunlan · 13 passages

七年，攝圖死，遣晟持節拜其弟處羅侯為莫何可汗，以其子雍閭為葉護可汗。 In the seventh year Shetu died; Sheng was dispatched with credentials to invest his younger brother Chuluohou as Qaghan Mohe and his son Yonglu as Yabghu Qaghan.

處羅侯因晟奏曰：「阿波為天所滅，與五六千騎在山谷間，伏聽詔旨，當取之以獻。」 Chuluohou reported through Sheng, "Abo has been brought low by Heaven and lingers in the valleys with five or six thousand horsemen, waiting on your command; I will seize him and present him as captive."

上謂晟曰：「於卿何如？」 The emperor asked Sheng, "What is your view?"

晟對曰：「若突厥背誕，須齊之以刑。 Sheng answered, "If the Türks were openly rebellious, punishment would be fitting.

八年，處羅侯死，遣晟往吊，仍齎陳國所獻寶器以賜雍閭。 In the eighth year Chuluohou died; Sheng was sent to mourn him and carried treasures that Chen had presented to bestow upon Yonglu.

又遣晟出使，微觀察焉。 Sheng was again sent as envoy to observe him closely.

公主見晟，乃言辭不遜，又遣所私胡人安遂迦共欽計議，扇惑雍閭。 The princess received Sheng with insolent speech and sent her private agent, the Hu man Ansuijia, to conspire with Qin and stir Yonglu to revolt.

晟至京師，具以狀奏。 On reaching the capital Sheng laid the whole matter before the throne.

晟乃貨其達官，知欽所在，夜掩獲之，以示雍閭，因發公主私事，國人大恥。 Sheng bribed Yonglu's nobles, learned Qin's whereabouts, seized him in a night raid, and showed him to Yonglu, exposing the princess's misconduct and shaming the nation.

雍閭執遂迦等，並以付晟。 Yonglu arrested Ansuijia and the rest and delivered them to Sheng.

晟又奏曰：「臣觀雍閭，反覆無信，特共玷厥有隙，所以依倚國家。 Sheng memorialized again, "Yonglu is fickle and untrustworthy; he clings to us only because he is at odds with Dianjue.

十七年，染幹遣五百騎隨晟來逆女，以宗女封安義公主以妻之。 In the seventeenth year Rangan sent five hundred horsemen with Sheng to fetch his bride; a clanswoman was enfeoffed as Princess Anyi and given to him.

晟說染幹率眾南徙，居度斤舊鎮。 Sheng persuaded Rangan to move his people south to the old site at Dujin.