Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Adviser

Cui Guang 崔光

Cuī Guāng

Attested AD 386 - AD 534

Passages: 12
Chapters: 7
Histories: 2

Overview

Cui Guang was an official and Adviser.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 500 to AD 523 世修國史
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 110, passage 127
AD 500 to AD 523 候司徒崔光
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 38, passage 108
AD 386 to AD 534 國史自…以還
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 86, passage 67
AD 480 to AD 499 大使崔光奏趙霸
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passages 153-154
AD 500 to AD 523 太傅崔光見而賞焉
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 49
AD 493 to AD 496 太和中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 27, passage 53

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AD 495 太和十九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 24, passage 48

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Tutor 太傅
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 49
Imperial Commissioner 大使
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 153
Yellow Gate Attendant 黃門侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 48

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 49; Book of Wei 95, passage 153

Works and attributed material

court dress regulations 服制
Relation Compiler · With Yuan Yanming (元延明)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 105
national history 國史
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 67
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Xiaowen (孝文皇帝)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passages 48-52
Memorial · Author · With Zhao Ba (趙霸) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 153-154
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passages 55-56

Events and relationships

Memorialized against Zhao Ba
Legal · Accuser · With Zhao Ba (趙霸)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passages 153-154
Recognized and favored
Patronage · Patron · With Feng Su (封肅)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 49

References in the histories

Search passages

History

12 passages

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 30: Xin Shu; Yuan Wenyao; Zhao Yanshen · 1 passage

年十歲，曾候司徒崔光。 At ten he once called on Minister over the Masses Cui Guang.

Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 3 passages

黃門侍郎崔光、宋弁，通直常侍劉芳，典命下大夫李元凱，中書侍郎高聰等議曰：[4]「三臨之事，乃自古禮，爰及漢魏，行之者稀。 Cui Guang and Song Bian of the Yellow Gate, Liu Fang, regular attendant of direct transmission, Li Yuankai, master of ceremonies lower grandee, Gao Cong, secretariat attendant, and others replied:[4] "Three visits are an ancient rite, yet from Han through Wei few have practiced it.

光等議曰：「東堂之哭，蓋以不臨之故。 Guang and the others replied: "The Eastern Hall weeping existed because the emperor did not visit in person.

詔與侍中崔光撰定服制。 He was ordered with Palace Attendant Cui Guang to draft court dress rules.

Book of Wei, Chapter 27Volume 22: Emperor Xiaowen's Five Princes · 3 passages

高祖泛舟天淵池，謂郭祚、崔光、宋弁曰：「人生須自放，不可終朝讀書。 Gaozu drifted a boat on the Tianyuan Pool and said to Guo Zuo, Cui Guang, and Song Bian, "A man must sometimes loosen the rein. He cannot read from dawn to dusk.

光曰：「孔子稱：『血氣未定，戒之在色』，傳曰：『晝以訪事，夜以安身』。 Cui Guang said, "Confucius warned, 'When blood and breath are unsettled, beware of desire.' The tradition says, 'By day attend to affairs; by night rest the body.'

高祖以光言為然，乃不令恂晝入內。 Gaozu accepted Guang's counsel and would not let Xun enter the inner palace by day.

Book of Wei, Chapter 86Volume 81: Qi Jun, Shan Wei, Liu Renzhi, Yuwen Zhongzhi · 1 passage

國史自鄧淵、崔琛、崔浩、高允、李彪、崔光以還，諸人相繼撰錄，綦儁及偉等諂說上黨王天穆及尒朱世隆，以為國書正應代人修緝，不宜委之餘人，是以儁、偉等更主大籍。 Since Deng Yuan, Cui Chen, Cui Hao, Gao Yun, Li Biao, and Cui Guang, the national history had been compiled in turn by successive scholars; Qi Jun, Wei, and others flattered Shangdang Prince Tianmu and Erzhu Shilong, arguing that the state annals ought to be edited by men of Dai and not entrusted to outsiders—so Jun, Wei, and their circle again took charge of the great registers.

Book of Wei, Chapter 91Volume 85: Men of Letters: Yuan Yue, Pei Jingxian, Lu Guan, Feng Su, Xing Cang, Pei Bomao, Xing Xin · 1 passage

早有文思，博涉經史，太傅崔光見而賞焉。 He showed literary talent early, ranged widely through the classics and histories, and Grand Tutor Cui Guang recognized and favored him.

Book of Wei, Chapter 95Volume 89: Cruel Officals: Yu Luohou, Hu Ni, Li Hongzhi, Gaozun Zhang Sheti, Yang Zhi, Cui Xian, Li Dao Yun · 1 passage

大使崔光奏霸云：「不遵憲度，威虐任情，至乃手擊吏人，僚屬奔走。 Imperial Commissioner Cui Guang memorialized against Ba: "He disregards the laws, exercises cruelty at will, even strikes clerks with his own hands, and drives his subordinates to flee in terror.

Book of Wei, Chapter 110Volume 104: Author's Preface · 2 passages

啟成呈上，文襄時侍側，獻武指收曰：「此人當復為崔光。」 When the memorial was finished and submitted, Wen Xiang stood nearby. Xianwu pointed at Shou and said: "This man will become another Cui Guang."

始魏初鄧淵撰代記十餘卷，其後崔浩典史，游雅、高允、程駿、李彪、崔光、李琰之世修其業。 At the founding of Wei, Deng Yuan compiled the Annals of the Dynasty in more than ten scrolls. Later Cui Hao directed the historiography, and You Ya, Gao Yun, Cheng Jun, Li Biao, Cui Guang, and Li Yanzhi carried on the tradition through successive generations.