Xue Daoheng (薛道衡)

Overview

Xue Daoheng was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 609 隋司隸大夫
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 95, passage 4

Career and standing

Grand Master of Capital Inspectors 司隸大夫
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 4

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 4

Assessments and attributes

Assessment veteran minister of great standing · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 4

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 4

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 20: Gao Jian and Fifth Generation Descendents: Gao Zhong, Dou Weizhi, Douzhi, Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Dou Kang, Dou Jing, Dou Dan, Dou Zhi, Dou Congsun: Dou Dexuan · 1 passage

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隋司隸大夫薛道衡、起居舍人崔祖浚皆宿臣顯重，與為忘年友，繇是有名。 He became friends across the generations with two eminent Sui veterans — Xue Daoheng, Grand Master of the Capital Inspectors, and Cui Zujun, Imperial Diarist — and through them won a name for himself.