Sui and Tang · Official

Wu Yanxiu 武延秀

Wǔ Yánxiù

Attested AD 690 - AD 710

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Yanxiu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 705 to AD 710 延秀
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 235
AD 690 to AD 705 武后時
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 64

Key source chapters

New Book of Tang, Chapter 21 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 121 Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings 1 passage

Career and standing

Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 64

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 64

Events and relationships

Presented music standards as curios
Political · Presenter · With Empress Wu (武后)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 64

Assessments and attributes

Assessment treated standard measures as marvels/curios · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 64

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 21Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 · 1 passage

武后時，太常卿武延秀以為奇玩，乃獻之。 Under Empress Wu, Director Wu Yanxiu treated them as marvels and presented them to the throne.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 1 passage

時諸武若三思、延秀及楚客等權寵交煽，日用多所結納，驟拜兵部侍郎。 At that time Wu Sansi, Wu Yanxiu, Chuke, and others traded power and favor; Riyong cultivated many alliances and was suddenly made vice minister of war.