Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Zhao Jing 趙憬

Attested AD 762 - AD 805

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Jing was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Tuiweng	退翁	Tuiweng

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 762 to AD 763 寶應中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passage 92
AD 780 to AD 781 建中初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passage 95
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passage 100

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Zhao Renben (趙仁本)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 90
Child of Mother of Zhao Jing (趙憬之母)
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 94
Child of Father of Zhao Jing (趙憬之父)
son 子
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 150, passage 90

Career and standing

Assistant Magistrate of Jiangxia 江夏尉
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 93
Cadet of the Heir Apparent 太子舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 93
Censor-in-Chief (deputy envoy) 御史中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 100
Drafting Attendant 給事中
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 99
Hunan Observation Commissioner 湖南觀察使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passages 96-97
Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左丞
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passages 102-103

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Vice Director of the Secretariat and Co-Chancellor 中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 107
Vice Director of the Water Office 水部員外郎
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 95
Vice Director of the Chancellery 門下侍郎
Transferred
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 108

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 89
At Longxi in Weizhou 渭州隴西
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 89

Events and relationships

Escort Princess Xianan to Uighurs
Diplomatic · Deputy envoy · With Princess Xian'an (鹹安公主)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passages 100-101
Rescued officials from Pei Yanling
Political · Protector · With Pei Yanling (裴延齡)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 110
Urged thrift on mausoleums
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 92
Relation Colleague of · Person Lu Zhi (陸贄)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 107
Relation Recommended by · Person Li Mi (李泌)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 99
Relation Deputy of · Person Li Cheng (李承)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 96

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 150Volume 150 Biographies 75: Li, Chang, Zhao, Cui, Qi, Lu · 14 passages

趙憬，字退翁，渭州隴西人。 Zhao Jing, whose style name was Tuiweng, was a man of Longxi in Weizhou.

憬誌行峻潔，不自衒賈。 Jing's will and conduct were stern and pure; he did not parade himself for gain.

寶應中，方營泰、建二陵，用度廣，又吐蕃盜邊，天下薦饑，憬褐衣上疏，請殺禮從儉，士林嘆美。 During the Baoying period work was underway on the Taizong and Jianling mausoleums with heavy expenditures, Tibet raided the borders, and famine spread across the realm. Jing submitted a memorial in plain dress asking that rites be cut back and thrift observed. Scholars sighed in admiration.

湖南觀察使李承表憬自副。 Hunan Observation Commissioner Li Cheng recommended Jing as his own deputy.

承卒，遂代之。 When Cheng died, Jing replaced him.

貞元中，鹹安公主降回紇，詔關播為使，而憬以御史中丞副之。 During the Zhenyuan period Princess Xian'an was married to the Uighurs. The emperor ordered Guan Bo as envoy, with Jing serving as deputy in the rank of Censor-in-Chief.

異時使者多私賫，以市馬規利入，獨憬不然。 On previous missions envoys had often carried private gifts to buy horses and skim profits for themselves; Jing alone refused to do so.

使未還，尚書左丞缺，帝曰：「趙憬堪此。」 Before the mission returned, the post of Left Vice Director of the Secretariat fell vacant. The emperor said: "Zhao Jing is suited to it."

考功歲終，請如至德故事課殿最，憬自言薦果州刺史韋證，以貪敗，請降考。 At the year's end the Directorate of Merit Review asked to rank offices by performance as in the Zhide precedent. Jing himself reported that he had recommended Wei Zheng, prefect of Guo Prefecture, who had been ruined by greed, and asked that his own evaluation be lowered.

校考使劉滋謂憬知過，更以考升。 The collation review commissioner Liu Zi said that because Jing recognized his error, he raised his grade instead.

竇參當國，欲抑為刺史，帝不許。 While Dou Can held power he tried to have Jing reduced to a prefect, but the emperor refused.

參罷，進中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事，與陸贄同輔政。 After Can was dismissed, Jing was promoted to Vice Director of the Secretariat and Co-equal Director of the Secretariat-Chancellery, sharing governance with Lu Zhi.

贄於裁決少所讓，又徙憬門下侍郎，繇是不平。 Zhi seldom gave way in policy decisions, and Jing was further transferred to Vice Director of the Chancellery; from this Jing grew resentful.

時杜黃裳遭奄人讒詆，穆贊、韋武、李宣、盧雲等為裴延齡構擯，勢危甚，憬救護申解，皆得免。 At the time Du Huangshang was slandered by eunuchs, and Mu Zan, Wei Wu, Li Xuan, Lu Yun, and others were framed and driven out by Pei Yanling until their situation was dire. Jing intervened on their behalf and secured their release.