Five Dynasties · Official and Statesman

Zheng Jue 鄭玨

Attested AD 926

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zheng Jue was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 source
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 150

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 2 passages

宰相鄭玨等議引漢桓、靈為比，以謂靈帝尊其祖解瀆亭侯淑為孝元皇，父萇為孝仁皇，請下有司定謚四代祖考為皇，置園陵如漢故事。 Chancellor Zheng Jue and others cited Emperors Huan and Ling of Han, noting that Ling had honored his grandfather as Emperor Xiaoyuan and his father as Emperor Xiaoren. They asked the proper offices to posthumously title four generations of ancestors as emperor and establish gardens and tombs as in Han practice.

宰相鄭玨合群議奏曰：「禮非天降而本人情，可止可行，有損有益。 Chancellor Zheng Jue summarized the group's views: "Ritual does not descend from Heaven but arises from human feeling. It may be practiced or set aside, to harm or to benefit.