Song Yu (宋昱) | 24 Histories

Overview

Song Yu was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 742 to AD 756 addressee of Liu Nai's Tianbao-era selection letter
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 75-76
AD 742 to AD 756 天寶中
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 47
AD 742 to AD 756 天寶中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 60
AD 754 天寶十三年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 18
AD 756 to AD 760 既終制，從調選曹
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 31-32

Key source chapters

Career and standing

selection attendant 知銓舍人
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 75
Secretariat drafter 中書舍人
AD 754 天寶十三年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 18
Selection Attendant 知銓舍人
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 32

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 18; Old Book of Tang 153, passage 32; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 60
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 47; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 75

Works and attributed material

Recommended Wei Jiansu as mild and controllable
AD 754 天寶十三年 · Speech · Speaker · With Wei Jiansu (韋見素)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 18
Letter · Addressee · With Liu Nai (劉迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 75-76
Letter · Addressee · With Nai (迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 47-48

Events and relationships

Relation Advisor to · Person Yang Guozhong (楊國忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 18
Relation Addressee of letter from · Person Liu Nai (劉迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 32
Relation Addressee of letter from · Person Nai (迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 47

Assessments and attributes

Assessment deliberations surpass tortoise and yarrow; writing matches elegant decrees · Assessor Person Id Liu Nai (劉迺) · Mode speech Speaker Liu Nai (劉迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 75
Assessment deliberations surpass tortoise and yarrow; writing matches elegant decrees · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Nai (迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 47

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 18

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 112Volume 108 Biographies 58: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Du Hongjian · 1 passage

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國忠訪於中書舍人竇華、宋昱等，華、昱言見素方雅，柔而易制。 Guozhong asked the Secretariat drafters Dou Hua and Song Yu for advice; they said Jiansu was upright and refined, mild, and easy to manage.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 2 passages

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迺常以文部選才未為盡善，遂致書於知銓舍人宋昱曰： Nai often felt that the Ministry of Personnel (Wenbu) did not select talent as well as it might, and wrote to Selection Attendant Song Yu, saying:

執事慮過龜策，文合雅誥，豈拘以瑣瑣故事，曲折因循哉？ Your deliberations surpass divination by tortoise and yarrow, and your writing matches the elegant decrees. Surely you need not be bound by petty precedent and twist every way in compliance?

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 2 passages

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迺常以文部選才未為盡善，遂致書於知銓舍人宋昱曰： Nai often felt that the Ministry of Personnel did not select talent as well as it might, and wrote to Selection Attendant Song Yu, saying:

執事慮過龜策，文合雅誥，豈拘以瑣瑣故事，曲折因循哉？ Your deliberations surpass divination by tortoise and yarrow, and your writing matches the elegant decrees. Surely you need not be bound by petty precedent and twist every way in compliance?