Cui Youfu (崔祐甫) | 24 Histories

Overview

Cui Youfu was an official and Statesman.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 779 十四年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 55, 57, 59; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 83
AD 766 to AD 779 大歷初
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 183, 188
AD 779 to AD 780 崔祐甫除吏八百皆親故也
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 54, passage 234
AD 779 德宗即位
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 66; New Book of Tang 51, passage 170; New Book of Tang 150, passage 83
AD 779 德宗嗣位
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 99
AD 765 to AD 770 與楊綰、崔祐甫相善
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 14

Family

Kinship Role relatives and associates · Count 800
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234

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Career and standing

chief minister 入相
AD 779 大歷十四年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 188
chief minister 秉政
AD 779 十四年 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 55; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 83
Chief Minister 宰相
AD 779 德宗即位 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66
chief minister 宰相
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 66
Chief Minister 宰相
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 170

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 183
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 54, passage 234
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66; Old Book of Tang 127, passage 99; Old Book of Tang 153, passage 55; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 83; New Book of Tang 51, passage 170

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Speaker · Addressed to Dezong (德宗) · Direct quotation · Extent Unit Ids s0099
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 99
AD 779 德宗即位
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66

Events and relationships

Appointed eight hundred kin and associates
AD 779 to AD 780 古者 · Appointment · Appointing official · Mode allusion Speaker Emperor Zhangzong (章宗)
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234
Cleared guest bureau
Administrative · Chief minister
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 170
Ordered drafting of investiture text
Ritual · Director · With Guo Ziyi (郭子儀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 85
Ordered two departments to draft enfeoffment text
Literary · Commissioner · With Guo Ziyi (郭子儀)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 57
Reported the mute slave's wrongful accusation
Legal · Advocate · With Liu Hun (柳渾)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 183
Summoned drafter
Literary · Patron · With Liu Nai (劉迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 86

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Summoned Nai to draft
Literary · Patron · With Nai (迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 58
Urged not to pursue rumor against Liu Yan
Political · Defender · With Liu Yan (劉晏)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 99
Relation Recommender of · Person Liu Hun (柳渾)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 188
Relation Associate of · Person Zhang Yi (張鎰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 14
Relation Friend of · Person Liu Nai (劉迺)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 83
Relation Supporter of · Person Lü Wei (呂渭)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66

Assessments and attributes

Assessment cited as exemplar of recommending kin and associates without improper scruple · Mode quoted-exemplum Speaker Emperor Zhangzong (章宗)
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234
Assessment praised Lü Wei's frank remonstrance as the way to great peace · Mode speaker-attribution Speaker Cui Youfu (崔祐甫) · With Lü Wei (呂渭)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 66; Old Book of Tang 127, passage 99; Old Book of Tang 129, passages 14, 183; New Book of Tang 51, passage 170
Value historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 234

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History

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History of Jin, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 4: Ministry Selection, Provincial Selection, Honest Inspectors, Recommendations, Compensation for Achievements and Perpetual Faults · 1 passage

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古者舉賢不避親仇，如祁奚舉仇，仁傑舉子，崔祐甫除吏八百皆親故也。 Antiquity knew no such scruple: Qi Xi recommended his enemy, Di Renjie recommended his son, and Cui Youfu appointed eight hundred relatives and associates.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 2 passages

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崔祐甫奏言：「此事曖昧，陛下以廓然大赦，不當究尋虛語。」 Cui Youfu replied: "This matter is vague; Your Majesty has proclaimed a broad amnesty and should not pursue idle rumor."

硃泚、崔寧又從傍與祐甫救解之，寧言頗切，炎大怒，故斥寧令出鎮鄜坊以摧挫之。 Zhu Ci and Cui Ning also sided with Youfu; Ning spoke sharply; Yang was furious and banished Ning to command the Fu-Fang region to break his spirit.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 3 passages

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交遊不雜，與楊綰、崔祐甫相善。 He kept his associations selective and was on good terms with Yang Wan and Cui Youfu.

渾與崔祐甫遽入白，少遊驚問，醉僧首伏。 Hun and Cui Youfu hurried in to report. Wei Shaoyou asked in alarm, and the drunken monk confessed first.

居二年，崔祐甫入相，薦為諫議大夫、浙江東西黜陟使，累遷尚書左丞。 After two years, Cui Youfu entered the chief ministry and recommended him as remonstrance official and promotion-and-demotion commissioner for Zhejiang East and West. He was successively promoted to left vice director of the Department of State Affairs.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu · 1 passage

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宰相崔祐甫奏曰：「若朝廷事有乖舛，群臣悉能如此，實太平之道。」 Chief Minister Cui Youfu replied: "If every minister spoke up whenever the court erred, that would be the way to true peace."

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 157Volume 153 Biographies 103: Yao Nanzhong, Liu Nai, Yuan Gao, Duan Pingzhong, Xue Cuncheng, Lu Tan · 3 passages

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十四年，崔祐甫秉政，素與迺友善。 In the fourteenth year Cui Youfu took power; he had long been friendly with Nai.

祐甫令兩省官撰冊文，未稱旨； Youfu had officials of the two departments draft the enfeoffment text, but none pleased the throne;

詞義典裁，祐甫嘆賞久之。 The wording was classical and measured. Youfu sighed in admiration for a long time.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 51Volume 51 Treatises 47: Finance and Economics 1 · 1 passage

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德宗即位，用宰相崔祐甫，拘客省者出之，食度支者遣之，歲省費萬計。 When Dezong succeeded, Cui Youfu released Guest Bureau detainees and cut treasury deadwood, saving tens of thousands yearly.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 150Volume 150 Biographies 75: Li, Chang, Zhao, Cui, Qi, Lu · 2 passages

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德宗即位，袞奏貶崔祐甫為河南少尹。 When Emperor Dezong took the throne, Gun memorialized to demote Cui Youfu to Vice Governor of Henan.

帝怒，使與祐甫換秩，再貶潮州刺史。 The emperor was angry, had him exchange ranks with Youfu, and demoted him again to prefect of Chaozhou.