Xue Tinglao (薛廷老)

Overview

Xue Tinglao was a Drafting Official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 838 開成三年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 255

Attested activity

AD 838 開成三年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 255-257
AD 830 太和四年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 250-251
AD 831 五年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 252-253
AD 825 to AD 826 寶歷中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 232-243
AD 827 文宗即位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 249
AD 830 to AD 836 薛廷老罷職
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134

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c. AD 821 to c. AD 824 長慶
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 99
AD 836 開成元年七月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 301

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 230
Parent of Baoxun (保遜)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 258

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Career and standing

Historiographer of the History Office 史館修撰
AD 825 to AD 826 尋 · Appointed concurrently
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 243
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
AD 830 太和四年 · Appointed · Retained Existing Rank true
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 250
Palace Censor 殿中侍御史
AD 827 文宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 249
Vice Director of the Ministry of Justice 刑部員外郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 254
Right Reminder 右拾遺
AD 825 to AD 826 寶歷中 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 232
Attendant-in-Ordinary 給事中
AD 836 開成元年七月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 301

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Vice Minister of Justice 刑部侍郎
Posthumously awarded
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 257
Drafting Attendant 給事中
Promoted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 254
Hanlin Academician 翰林學士
AD 831 五年 · Removed · Kept Nominal Rank true
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 253
Magistrate of Linjin County 臨晉縣令
AD 825 to AD 827 廷老告滿十旬 · Transferred out
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 248
Director of the Ministry of Justice 刑部郎中
Transferred
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 254
Vice Minister of Justice 刑部侍郎
Posthumous
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 257
Entered
AD 825 to AD 827 逢吉乃出廷老為臨晉縣令 · Sent out from court
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 248
Entered
Dismissed from office · Reason drinking and neglecting duty
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 232, 249; Old Book of Tang 160, passage 301; New Book of Tang 181, passage 134
AD 825 to AD 827 出廷老為臨晉縣令
At Linjin County 臨晉縣 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 248
At inner secretariat 內署 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 251

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Emperor Jingzong (敬宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 234-235, 239-241
Memorial · Author · With Zheng Quan (鄭權)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 246

Events and relationships

Argued Zhang Quanyu and Cheng Xifan unfit for remonstrating posts
Political · Accuser · With Li Fengji (李逢吉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 247
Entered with colleagues to criticize appointments issued by imperial announcement
Political · Remonstrator · With Emperor Jingzong (敬宗) · At palace inner gate / council 閣
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 234-235
Inner attendants gnashed their teeth at him after he impeached Zheng Quan
Political · Target
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 246
Memorialized for investigation of Zheng Quan's crimes
Legal · Accuser · With Zheng Quan (鄭權)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 246
Sealed and returned edict
AD 836 開成元年七月 · Political · Actor · With Wang Yanping (王晏平)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 301
Stepped forward when Shu Yuanbao could not name the construction site
Political · Remonstrator · With Shu Yuanbao (舒元褒)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 239-241

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Relation Opposed by · Person Li Fengji (李逢吉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 244
Relation Friend of · Person Li Rangyi (李讓夷)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134
Relation On good terms with · Person Li Rangyi (李讓夷)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 250
Relation Protege of · Person Li Rangyi (李讓夷)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 251

Assessments and attributes

Assessment careful and upright in his father's manner, yet penetrating and sharp · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 231
Assessment lax in minor discipline; drank on duty · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134
Assessment performed duties without seeking empty fame; spoke plainly among ministers; reputation of an upright man · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 256
unrestrained, fond of wine, without self-discipline, drunk all day
Habit
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 252

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 230; New Book of Tang 172, passage 99
Value historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 301

References in the histories

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 12 passages

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子廷老。 His son was Tinglao.

廷老謹正有父風，而性通銳。 Tinglao was careful and upright in his father's manner, yet his nature was penetrating and sharp.

廷老與同僚入閣奏事曰：「臣伏見近日除拜，往往不由中書進擬，或是宣出。 Tinglao and his colleagues entered the council hall to memorialize and said: "We observe that recent appointments often bypass the Secretariat's recommendations and are issued directly by imperial announcement.

元褒不能對，廷老進曰：「臣等職是諫官，凡有所聞，即合論奏。 Yuanbao could not answer. Tinglao stepped forward: "We are remonstrating officials. Whatever we hear, we ought to report it.

時李逢吉秉權，惡廷老言太切直。 Li Fengji held power at the time and resented Tinglao's blunt remonstrance.

廷老上疏請按權罪，中人由是切齒。 Tinglao submitted a memorial demanding an investigation of Quan's crimes. Inner attendants gnashed their teeth at him.

廷老告滿十旬，逢吉乃出廷老為臨晉縣令。 When Tinglao's leave reached one hundred days, Fengji exiled him to serve as magistrate of Linjin County.

廷老之入內署，讓夷薦挈之。 Rangyi recommended and sponsored Tinglao's entry into the inner secretariat.

廷老性放逸嗜酒，不持檢操，終日酣醉，文宗知之不悅。 Tinglao was unrestrained and fond of wine. He kept no discipline and was drunk all day. Wenzong knew and was displeased.

五年，罷職，守本官，讓夷亦坐廷老罷職，守職方員外郎。 In year 5 he was removed from the Hanlin post but kept his nominal rank. Rangyi was removed as well because of Tinglao and kept only his post as vice director of the Bureau of Operations.

廷老尋拜刑部員外郎，轉郎中，遷給事中。 Tinglao soon became vice director in the Ministry of Justice, then director, and was promoted to Drafting Attendant.

廷老當官舉職，不求虛譽，侃侃於公卿之間，甚有正人風望。 In office Tinglao performed his duties without seeking empty fame. He spoke plainly among ministers and bore the reputation of an upright man.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 1 passage

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給事中韋溫、薛廷老、盧弘宣封還制書，改永州司戶。 Attendants-in-Ordinary Wei Wen, Xue Tinglao, and Lu Hongxuan sealed and returned the edict; Yanping was reassigned as registrar of Yongzhou.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 1 passage

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給事中韋溫、薛廷老、盧弘宣等還詔不敢下，改永州司戶參軍。 Drafting officials Wei Wen, Xue Tinglao, and Lu Hongxuan returned the edict unissued; he was reassigned as revenue clerk of Yongzhou.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu · 1 passage

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素善薛廷老，廷老不飭細檢，數飲酒不治職，罷去，坐是亦奪職。 He was also close to Xue Tinglao, who was lax in conduct, often drank on duty, and was dismissed; Rangyi lost his post for the association.