Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Envoy and Governor

Cui Yuansun 崔元孫

Cuī Yuánsūn

Attested AD 457 - AD 466

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Cui Yuansun was an envoy and Governor.

Life and dates

Death

Killed in defeat with Senghao
Directly stated · Book of Song 88, passage 159

Attested activity

AD 457 to AD 464 大明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 16
AD 466 泰始中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 88, passage 159

Family

Kin of Cui Huaishen (崔懷慎)
clansman 宗人
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 16

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Governor of Jizhou 冀州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 16

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Mode direct-speech Speaker Cui Yuansun (崔元孫) · Addressee northern questioners
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 17

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 2 passages

大明中，懷慎宗人冀州刺史元孫北使，虜問之曰：「崔邪利、模竝力屈歸命，二家子姪，出處不同，義將安在？」 During the Daming era Huaishen's kinsman Yuansun, governor of Jizhou, went north on a mission. The northerners asked him: "Cui Xieli and Mo both submitted when their strength gave out, yet their sons and nephews behave differently. Where does righteousness lie?"

元孫曰：「王尊驅驥，王陽回車，欲令忠孝竝弘，臣子兩節。」 Yuansun replied: "Wang Zun drove his horse forward while Wang Yang turned his carriage back—each sought to honor both loyalty and filial duty, fulfilling the obligations of subject and son alike."

Book of Song, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 48: Xue Andou, Shen Wenxiu, Cui Daogu · 1 passage

泰始二年八月，尋陽平定，太宗遣尚書度支郎崔元孫慰勞諸義軍，隨僧皓戰敗見殺，追贈寧朔將軍、冀州刺史。 In the eighth month of the second year of Taishi, Xunyang was pacified. Emperor Ming sent Cui Yuansun, a ministerial clerk in the Revenue Bureau, to commend the loyalist armies. He accompanied Senghao, was defeated in battle, and was killed; he was posthumously appointed General Who Pacifies the North and Inspector of Jizhou.