Chen Shaoyou (陳少遊)

Overview

Chen Shaoyou was a Military Governor and Official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 783 to AD 784 建中興元之際
Cause Illness from shame and alarm
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 155
AD 784 數日而卒
Cause Illness from shame and fear after exposure of submission
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 155

Age

61
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 155; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 155

Attested activity

AD 783 建中四年十月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 128
AD 780 上即位
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 123
AD 777 代宗待之益厚
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 122
AD 783 先時 / Jianzhong crisis
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
AD 760 to AD 783 史臣追述少遊本仕
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 211, 213
AD 770 大歷五年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 110

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AD 770 大歷五年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 110
AD 773 大歷八年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 111
AD 773 大歷八年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 111
AD 762 寶應元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 87
AD 762 寶應元年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 87
AD 782 建中三年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 124
AD 782 建中三年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 124
AD 783 建中四年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 141, 143, 145
AD 783 建中四年十月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 128
AD 784 to AD 785 復江南使回
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 142-143, 145
AD 783 to AD 784 德宗幸奉天
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 133
AD 784 數日而卒
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 155
AD 763 明年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 90
AD 766 永泰二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 94
AD 766 永泰二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 94
AD 782 淮南節度使陳少游
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 52, passage 26
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 86
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 86
AD 784 興元初
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 209

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Yan (儼)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 79
Descendant of Chen Yan (陳儼)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 79
Child of Qing (慶)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 80
Child of Chen Qing (陳慶)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 80

Key source chapters

Career and standing

attendant censor 侍御史
AD 763 明年 · Appointed concurrent
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 90
Chief Censor 御史大夫
AD 770 大歷五年 · Appointed · Concurrent true
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 110
acting Minister of Rites 檢校禮部尚書
AD 780 上即位 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 123
acting Minister of War 檢校兵部尚書
AD 780 上即位 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 123
observation commissioner of eastern Zhejiang 浙東觀察使
AD 770 大歷五年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 110
prefect of Yuezhou 越州刺史
AD 770 大歷五年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 110

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Huainan military commissioner 淮南節度觀察使
AD 773 大歷八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 111
military commissioner and observation commissioner of Huainan 淮南節度觀察使
AD 773 大歷八年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 111
senior administrator of the Yangzhou metropolitan prefecture 揚州大都督府長史
AD 773 大歷八年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 111
outer office director in the Ministry of Revenue 金部員外郎
AD 762 寶應元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 87
Associate Grand Councilor 同平章事
AD 782 建中三年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 126
aide to the deputy commander-in-chief of Hebei 河北副元帥判官
AD 763 明年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 90
bureau director in the Ministry of War 兵部郎中
AD 763 明年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 90
acting Left Guardian of the Heir Apparent 檢校左庶子
AD 766 永泰二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 94
marching army vice marshal of Longyou 隴右行軍司馬
AD 766 永泰二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 94
observation commissioner of the Gui circuit 桂管觀察使
AD 766 永泰二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 95
prefect of Guizhou 桂州刺史
AD 766 永泰二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 95
investigating palace censor 監察殿中侍御史
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 86
military commissioner aide 節度判官
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 86
rectifier in the Court of Judicial Review 大理司直
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 86
staff adviser 參謀
AD 756 to AD 758 至德中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 86
acting governor of Chen and Zheng 陳鄭二州留後
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 93
acting Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 檢校左僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 125
attendant censor 侍御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 88
Censor-in-chief 御史中丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 93
deputy commissioner 副使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 93
grain-supply commissioner for the Uyghurs 迥紇糧料使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 88
magistrate of Nanping in Yuzhou 渝州南平令
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 85; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 85
overall training-and-defense and observation commissioner of Xuan, She, and Chi 宣歙池都團練觀察使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 109
prefect of Jinzhou 晉州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 91
prefect of Xuanzhou 宣州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 109
Huainan military governor 淮南節度
AD 783 先時 · Held · At Huainan 淮南
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
Huainan Military Governor 淮南節度使
AD 788 貞元四年 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 28
military governor of Huainan 淮南節度使
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 26
acting outer office director in the Ministry of War 檢校職方員外郎
Reassigned
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 88
prefect of Tongzhou 同州刺史
Reassigned
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 91
Censor-in-chief 御史中丞
AD 766 永泰二年 · Retained concurrent
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 94
prefect of Jinzhou and Zhengzhou 晉、鄭二州刺史
Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 91
Baron of Yingchuan 潁川縣開國子
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 112
Viscount of Yingchuan county 潁川縣開國子
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 112
grant of three hundred actual fief households 實封三百戶
Granted · Households 300
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 125
Silver-Green Glory Grand Master of Splendid Happiness 銀青光祿大夫
Granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 112
Grand Commandant 太尉
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 155
Grand Marshal 太尉
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 155
Viscount of Yingchuan county 潁川縣開國子
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 112

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 78, 86, 110-111; Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141; New Book of Tang 54, passage 28
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211
At Bozhou 博州 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 78
At Bozhou 博州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 78
AD 770 大歷五年
At Yuezhou 越州 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 110
AD 773 大歷八年
At Huainan 淮南 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 111

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AD 773 大歷八年
At Yangzhou 揚州 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 111
AD 766 永泰二年
At Guizhou / Gui circuit 桂州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 95
AD 788 貞元四年
At Huainan 淮南 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 28
At Huainan 淮南 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141; New Book of Tang 52, passage 26
At Jinzhou 晉州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 91
At Nanping, Yuzhou 渝州南平 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 85
At Tongzhou 同州 · Relation Assigned to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 91
At Xuanzhou 宣州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 109
At Zhengzhou 鄭州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 91
Organization same surname clan as Chen Xilie 同宗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 84

Learning and skills

Institution Chongxuan Hall 崇玄館 · Subjects Zhuangzi 莊, Liezi 列, Laozi 老子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 81
Institution Hall of Venerating Mystery 崇玄館 · Subjects Zhuangzi, Liezi, Laozi
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 81
Earned
Credential passed the examination 擢第
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 85

Works and attributed material

After I left Yangzhou, I do not know.
Speech · Principal · Direct quotation · Addressed to Dezong (德宗) · Mode quotation Speaker Note Shaoyou's envoy
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 142
Eulogy · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 213
Historian comment · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211
goods taken from Bao Ji were for urgent military use; offered to return the full amount
Memorial · Author · With Bao Ji (包佶)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 152
Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 28
For Hao, Shou, Shu, and Lu—I shall soon order the forts dismantled, sheathe our swords and roll up our armor, and await your command.
Message · Author · With Li Xilie (李希烈) · Direct quotation · Via Person Id Wen Shu (溫述)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 147

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Vice Censor, if you comply, you will fare like Liu Changqing; if not, you will fare like Cui Zhong.
Speech · Speaker · With Bao Ji (包佶) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 132-133
Speech · Speaker · With Dong Xiu (董秀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 97-98, 100-104, 106

Events and relationships

Ascended seat and outargued fellows
Scholarly · Lecturer
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 83-84
Bribed influential eunuchs Luo Fengxian, Liu Qingtan, and Wu Chengqian
Political · Giver
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 119
Chased profit and power with shifting times
Political · Official · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211
Coerced seizure of Bao Ji's tax revenues of about eight million strings
AD 783 建中四年十月 · Fiscal · Seizer · With Bao Ji (包佶)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 129-130, 134
Declared himself subject
AD 783 先時 · Political · Submitter · With Li Xilie (李希烈)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
Detained Bao Ji then dismissed him; later sent Fang Rufu to summon him
Political · Detainer · With Bao Ji (包佶)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 135-136

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Given funeral silks and buried with usual rites
Ritual · Deceased
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 155
Huainan salt price surcharge adopted empire wide by edict
Fiscal · Initiator · At Huainan 淮南
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 116
Memorialized two tax increase of two hundred cash per thousand
Administrative · Commissioner
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 114-115
Offered submission to Li Xilie
Diplomatic · Sender · With Li Xilie (李希烈)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 147
Offered annual payment of 50000 strings
Corruption · Briber · With Dong Xiu (董秀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 102-103
Outwardly cultivated Bohe while secretly reporting his faults to the throne
AD 777 無何 · Political · Informer · With Yuan Bohe (元伯和)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 121
Raised circuit tax by two hundred cash per string, later extended empire wide
Administrative · Initiator
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 26
Raised civilian taxes leading to salt price increases
AD 788 貞元四年 · Fiscal · Petitioner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 28
Recorded in Li Xilie's false attendance diary as having memorialized submission
AD 784 其年 · Political · Submitter · With Li Xilie (李希烈) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Xilie's false attendance diary 希烈偽起居註
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 154
Recovered then abandoned Xu and Hai
AD 782 建中三年 · Military · Commander · With Li Na (李納)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 124
Recovered Xu, Hai, and other prefectures then abandoned them and withdrew to Xuyi
AD 782 建中三年 · Military · Commander · With Li Na (李納)
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 124
Seized Bao Ji tax funds
AD 783 建中四年十月 · Political · Perpetrator · With Bao Ji (包佶)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passages 129, 134
Seized Bao Ji's three thousand troops under Gao Yue and Yuan Fu
Military · Seizer · With Bao Ji (包佶)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 138
Sent Wen Shu to submit Hao, Shou, Shu, and Lu to Li Xilie
Diplomatic · Submitter · With Li Xilie (李希烈)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 147
Sent Yuan Zai annual gifts of gold and silk worth about 100000 strings
Political · Giver · With Yuan Zai (元載)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 119
Sent Zhao Shen to Yanzhou to ally with Li Na
Diplomatic · Sender · With Li Na (李納)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 148
Sought nearer post via bribes
AD 766 to AD 770 時 · Political · Briber
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 96-97, 108
Thrice headed great frontier commands in wealthy regions over more than a decade
Career · Commissioner
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 117
With trusted clerks levied heavy taxes to repay seized revenues
Fiscal · Taxer
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 153
Relation Recommended by · Person Wang Sili (王思禮)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 86
Relation Colleague of · Person Lu Qi (盧杞)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 127
Relation Recommended by · Person Li Baoyu (李抱玉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 93-94
Relation Client of · Person Yuan Zai (元載)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 119
Relation Distanced from · Person Yuan Zai (元載)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 120
Relation Recommended by · Person Yuan Zai (元載)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 109
Relation Recommended by · Person Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 90
Relation Served under · Person Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 127
Relation Declared subject of · Person Li Xilie (李希烈)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 141
Relation Patron of · Person Guan Bo (關播)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 127
Relation Favored by · Person Chen Xilie (陳希烈)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 84
Relation Client of · Person Dong Xiu (董秀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 97, 105
Relation Recommended by · Person Dong Xiu (董秀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 109
Relation Bribed · Person Zhongwu (仲武)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 108

Assessments and attributes

Assessment amassed huge wealth, bribed the powerful, held refined scholars in contempt · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 118
Assessment chased profit and power as the times shifted; not praiseworthy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 211
Assessment chased profit with the times; nothing praiseworthy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 211
Assessment devoted to pacifying and ordering wherever he served, yet governed by expedient stratagems and small favors · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 113
Assessment governance won wide renown · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 85
Assessment held the highest trust of general and minister and was the first to destroy loyal integrity · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Xiao Fu (蕭復)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 143

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Assessment skilled at expedient adaptation; praised for practical ability; yet levied heavy taxes and cultivated the powerful · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 92
Assessment words and conduct were not genuine · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 213
clever and eloquent as a youth
Character
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 81