Cui Peng 崔彭

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Kai (楷)
  grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
  Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 54, passage 213
• Child of Qian (謙)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 214
• Child of Mother of Cui Peng
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 215
• Parent of Baode (寶德)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 255

Career and standing

• Chief Administrator of the Right Guard 右衞長史
  Appointed concurrently
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 229
• Senior Equal Honor (shang yitong) 上儀同
  Appointed · Authority Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 228
• Commandant of the Gate Guard 監門郎將
  AD 581 及踐阼 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 229
• Grand General of the Left Leading Army 左領軍大將軍
  AD 604 煬帝即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 249
• General of the Personal Guard 備身將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 238
• the Senior Opening of a Government Office 上開府
  Granted
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 238

Places and affiliations

• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 249
• At Anping in Boling 博陵安平
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 212
• AD 604 從幸洛陽
  At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Traveled to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 54, passages 249-250
• AD 604 復領慈州事
  At Cizhou 慈州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 251
• AD 604 時漢王諒初平
  At east of the mountains 山東 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 251

Learning and skills

• Detail versed in the Offices of Zhou and the Book of Documents, with a general grasp of their meaning
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 217

Works and attributed material

• AD 604 煬帝即位
  Appointment · Appointee · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 249
• Remark · Speaker · Mode quotation · Detail replied that he had loved the Rites of Zhou and the Book of Documents since youth and never neglected them even on rest days
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 234
• Remark · Addressee · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝) · Detail the emperor told Peng that he slept at ease on the days Peng was on duty
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 232

Events and relationships

• Commanded rear guard
  AD 604 從幸洛陽 · Military · Commander · At Luoyang 洛陽 · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 54, passages 249-250
• Deceived into dismissing attendants
  Political · Agent · With Prince Chen Chun (陳王純) · Detail deceived Chun into dismissing his mounted followers and dismounting on the pretext of a confidential message
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passages 222-223
• Feigned illness to lure
  Political · Agent · With Prince Chen Chun (陳王純) · At a relay station near Qizhou 傳舍 · Detail feigned illness thirty li from Qizhou and sent word asking Chun to come to him
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 220
• Ordered seizure of
  AD 580 及高祖為丞相 · Political · Agent · With Prince Chen Chun (陳王純) · Detail turned to his horsemen and ordered Chun's arrest for refusing the summons, then had him shackled
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passages 224-226
• Outshot rival archers before
  Social · Performer · With Tardu Khan (達頭可汗) · At the Xiongnu (Turkic) lands 匈奴中 · Detail released several arrows in succession, each striking a flying kite, while dozens of the qaghan's own archers had mostly missed; the Turks looked at one another in admiration
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passages 245-246
• Shot down a pigeon at imperial order
  Social · Performer · At Wude Hall 武德殿 · Authority Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passages 239-240

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment Emperor Wen was greatly pleased by the successful ruse · Mode narrator-report
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 228
• Assessment expounded the doctrine of vigilance between ruler and minister; the emperor praised it, and onlookers considered his words well chosen · Mode narrator-report
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passages 236-237
• integrity 清
  Assessment integrity · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 252
• patrolled the imperial halls, stern and unassailable; worth praising as a guardian against insult 巡警岩廊，毅然難犯，禦侮之寄，有足稱乎
  Assessment stern and unassailable guardian of the imperial halls · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 258
• careful and discreet by nature; for more than twenty years in the inner precincts sat upright all day whenever the emperor was on armed duty and never showed negligence
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 231
• orphaned young, was known for filial devotion to his mother
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 215