Yanrong (崔彥融) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yanrong was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Death

At Chu Prefecture 楚州 · Died in office
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 74

Attested activity

AD 870 to AD 900 唐世為萬年令、楚州刺史
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 71-72, 74

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Cui Xie (崔協)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 71
Child of Guan (崔瓘)
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 70-71

Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 75-76

Career and standing

Director in the Bureau of Merit 司勳郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 73
magistrate of Wannian County 萬年令
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 72
prefect of Chu Prefecture 楚州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 71, 74

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 71
At Chu Prefecture 楚州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 71, 74
At Wannian 萬年 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 72

Works and attributed material

Deathbed admonition · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 75

Events and relationships

Transferred to prefect of Chu Prefecture after the chief minister learned of the snub
Political · Subject
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 74
Relation Friend of · Person Cui Rao (崔蕘)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 72

Assessments and attributes

Assessment used crooked methods, bribing inner attendants · Mode witness-judgment Witness Person Id Cui Rao (崔蕘)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passage 72

Source notes

Admonished his sons never to forget Cui Rao; descendants spoke of the Cui feud.
Field feud · With Cui Rao (崔蕘)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 58, passages 75-76

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 58Volume 58 Book of Later Tang 34: Biographies 10: Zhao Guangfeng, Zheng Jue, Cui Xie, Li Qi, Xiao Qing · 4 passages

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父彥融，楚州刺史。 His father Yanrong had been prefect of Chu Prefecture.

彥融素與崔蕘善，嘗為萬年令，蕘謁於縣，彥融未出，見案上有尺題，皆賂遺中貴人，蕘知其由徑，始惡其為人。 Yanrong had long been friendly with Cui Rao. When Yanrong was magistrate of Wannian County, Rao called at the yamen before Yanrong had come out and saw on the desk a list of names—all gifts to inner attendants. Rao understood his methods and came to despise him.

及除司勳郎中，蕘為左丞，通刺不見，蕘謂曰：「郎中行止鄙雜，故未見。」 When Yanrong was appointed director in the Bureau of Merit, Rao was left vice director. Yanrong sent a visiting card but was refused an audience. Rao said, "The director's conduct is vulgar and corrupt—that is why I will not receive him."

宰相知之，改楚州刺史，卒於任。 The chief minister learned of the affair and transferred Yanrong to prefect of Chu Prefecture, where he died in office.