Sui and Tang · Drafting Official

Xue Tinglao 薛廷老

Attested c. AD 821 - AD 836

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Xue Tinglao was a Drafting Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 830 to AD 836 薛廷老罷職
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134
c. AD 821 to c. AD 824 長慶
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 99

Key source chapters

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172 Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 181 Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu 1 passage

Career and standing

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 · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134

Events and relationships

Relation Friend of · Person Li Rangyi (李讓夷)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134

Assessments and attributes

Assessment lax in minor discipline; drank on duty · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 134

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 99

References in the histories

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

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

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.