Overview
Sikong Yu was an official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 847 to AD 860 大中時Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 250
- AD 846 to AD 859 遣巡院官司空輿更立新法Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 62-63
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Sikong Tu (司空圖)father 父Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 249
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- patrol-office official 巡院官Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 63
- Commissioner of the Monopoly Salt at the Two Pools of Anyi 安邑兩池榷鹽使AD 847 to AD 860 大中時 · AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 250
- Salt Monopoly Commissioner 榷鹽使AppointedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 54, passage 63
- Director in the Ministry of Revenue 戶部郎中Promoted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 252
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 63; New Book of Tang 194, passage 250
- At Anyi 安邑 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 250
Events and relationships
- Established dozens of salt monopoly articlesAdministration · CommissionerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 251
- Established new Two Ponds salt lawFiscal · Reformer · Outcome Revenue doubled; promoted salt monopoly commissionerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 63
- Relation Subordinate of · Person Lu Hongzhi (盧弘止)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 63
- Relation Recommended by · Person Lu Hongzheng (盧弘正)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 250
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment regulations-held-fitting · Mode narrativeDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 251
- had presence and force of characterCharacterDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 249
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 249
References in the histories
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