Zunqing (遵慶) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zunqing was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 775 大歷十年十月
Died in office
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 156

Age

90
AD 775 大歷十年十月 · Qualifier over · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 156

Attested activity

AD 775 大歷十年十月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 156
AD 765 永泰元年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 151
AD 763 乘輿還京
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 150
AD 765 to AD 775 代宗詔付遵慶…鞭三十
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 153
AD 763 吐蕃陷京師、乘輿幸陜
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 149
AD 765 to AD 775 嘗為風狂族侄撾登聞鼓
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 155

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Clan nephew of Zunqing
clansman's nephew 族侄
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 155
Parent of Pei Xiang (向)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 158

Career and standing

again handling selection affairs 復知選事
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 152
junior tutor to the heir apparent 太子少傅
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 150
minister of personnel 吏部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 152
right vice director 右僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 152
scholar awaiting edicts at the Jixian Academy 集賢院待制
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 151
provincial bureau officer 省郎
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 157

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removed from handling affairs of government 罷知政事
Removed from active governance · Entered
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 151

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 149-150
At Fenzhou 汾州 · Relation Departed from
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 149
Organization Jixian Academy 集賢院 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 151

Learning and skills

Belief Confucian conduct 儒行 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 154

Works and attributed material

Record of Royal Government 王政記
Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 157
Record of Royal Government 王政記
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 157

Events and relationships

Accused of disloyalty
Legal · Accused · With Clan nephew of Zunqing
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 155
Flogged
Legal · Executor · With Chen Guan (陳琯) · At ministry gate 省門 · Outcome Thirty strokes
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 153
Raced to traveling court
Political · Participant · At traveling court from Fenzhou 自汾州奔赴行在
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 149
Relation Colleague of · Person Pei Mian (裴冕) · Context together made scholars awaiting edicts
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 151

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had the capacity of a chief minister · Mode named-source-report Statement 識者覽之，知有公輔之量
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 157
Assessment staunchly upheld Confucian conduct; grew more careful in old age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 154
Assessment trusted by the emperor; accusation disregarded · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 155

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 149

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 7 passages

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會蕃寇陷京師，乘輿幸陜，遵慶自汾州奔赴行在。 Just then barbarian raiders captured the capital; the imperial carriage proceeded to Shanzhou, and Zunqing raced from Fenzhou to the traveling court.

及乘輿還京，以遵慶為太子少傅。 When the imperial carriage returned to the capital, Zunqing was made junior tutor to the heir apparent.

時選人天興縣尉陳琯於銓庭言詞不遜，淩突無禮，代宗詔付遵慶於省門鞭三十，貶為吉州員外司戶參軍。 At that time the candidate Chen Guan, magistrate of Tianxing County, was insolent in speech at the selection hall, overbearing and without courtesy; Daizong ordered Zunqing to have him flogged thirty strokes at the ministry gate and demoted him to supplemental aide for household affairs in Ji prefecture.

遵慶敦守儒行，老而彌謹。 Zunqing staunchly upheld Confucian conduct and grew more careful in old age.

嘗為風狂族侄撾登聞鼓告以不順，上知遵度，不省，其見信如此。 Once a deranged clansman's nephew beat the Drum of Direct Appeal accusing him of disloyalty; the emperor knew Zunqing and paid no heed—such was the trust he enjoyed.

遵慶初登省郎，嘗著《王政記》，述今古禮體，識者覽之，知有公輔之量。 When Zunqing first rose to a provincial bureau officer, he authored Record of Royal Government, setting forth ancient and modern ritual forms; readers who saw it knew he had the capacity of a chief minister.

遵慶子向子向，字傃仁，少以門廕歷官至太子司議郎。 Zunqing's son Xiang—Pei Xiang, styled Suren—through hereditary privilege in youth rose through offices to secretary for discussion of the heir apparent.