Shu (樞) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shu was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Pei the Fourteenth	裴十四	Pei Shisi

Life and dates

Death

AD 905 六月十一日
Cause Killed · At Baima post station 白馬驛 · Authority Quanzhong (全忠) · Body Treatment thrown into the river 投屍於河
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 206

Age

AD 905 六月十一日
Years 65 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 206

Attested activity

AD 905 六月十一日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 206
AD 905 五月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 205
AD 904 哀帝初嗣位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 199, 201-202, 204

Career and standing

Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左僕射
AD 905 和陵祔享 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 199, 204
Governor of Deng Prefecture 登州刺史
AD 905 五月 · Demoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 205
Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 朝散大夫
AD 905 五月 · Demoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 205
Registrar of Long Prefecture 瀧州司戶
Demoted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 205
chancellor 相位
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 204
chancellor 相位
Removed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 204

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Suffered
AD 905 六月十一日 · Execution · Authority Quanzhong (全忠) · At Baima post station 白馬驛
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 206

Places and affiliations

AD 905 六月十一日
At Hua Prefecture 滑州 · Relation Traveled through
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 206
AD 905 五月
At Deng Prefecture 登州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 205
At Long Prefecture 瀧州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 205

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 199-200

Events and relationships

Withheld appointment
Political · Actor · With Zhang Tingfan (張廷範)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 201
Relation Opposed appointment of · Person Zhang Tingfan (張廷範)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 199-200

Assessments and attributes

Assessment rose through the usurper and perished when the usurper turned against him—fitting · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 220

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 4 passages

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哀帝初嗣位，柳璨用事，全忠嘗奏用牙將張廷範為太常卿，諸相議，樞曰：「廷範勛臣，幸有方鎮節鉞之命，何藉樂卿？ When Emperor Aidi first succeeded to the throne, Liu Can held power; Quanzhong once memorialized that his guard general Zhang Tingfan be made minister of ceremonies—the chancellors deliberated, and Shu said: "Tingfan is a meritorious minister; it would be fitting to grant him a frontier command with military insignia—why need he the post of master of music?

俄而全忠聞樞言，謂賓佐曰：「吾常以裴十四器識真純，不入浮薄之伍，觀此議論，本態露矣。」 Soon Quanzhong heard what Shu had said and told his staff: "I always thought Pei the Fourteenth was genuinely upright and above the shallow crowd—but this remark shows his true colors."

柳璨聞全忠言，尋希旨罷樞相位，和陵祔享，拜尚書左僕射。 Liu Can heard Quanzhong's words and soon, to please him, stripped Shu of the chancellorship; at the joint offering at He-ling, Shu was made left vice director of the Department of State Affairs.

樞因盜而振，盜憎而亡，宜哉！ Shu rose through the usurper, and when the usurper turned against him he died—as was fitting!