Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Yanruo 彥若

Attested AD 873 - AD 894

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yanruo as a family member, named individual, official, and statesman. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yanruo 彥若 Yanruo
Descriptive kinship Son of Shang 子彥若
Personal name Yanruo 彥若 Yanruo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Statement: died in office at his Qinghai Army post · Place: Qinghai Army garrison / 鎮

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾寧初 · Western Year: AD 894
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:113:s0253
  • Source Date: Text: 僖宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 873 · End: AD 888
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:113:s0249
  • Source Date: Text: 昭宗立 · Western Year: AD 888
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:113:s0250

Family

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  • Child of Shang (商)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Chancellor directing the government / 復當國 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾寧初 · Western Year: AD 894
  • Label: Grand Guardian / 太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾寧初 · Western Year: AD 894
  • Label: Secretariat Drafting Officer / 中書舍人 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 僖宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 873 · End: AD 888
  • Label: Censor-in-Chief / 御史中丞 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭宗立 · Western Year: AD 888
  • Label: Chancellor (Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi) / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Grand Master of the Censorate / 御史大夫 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Military Commissioner of Fengxiang / 鳳翔節度使 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Qinghai Army / 清海軍節度使 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Vice Minister of Revenue / 戶部侍郎 · Action: appointed
  • Title: Duke of Qi / 齊國公 · Action: enfeoffed
  • Title: Duke of Qi / 齊國公 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾寧初 · Western Year: AD 894

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Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 5 passages