Sui and Tang · Official

Jia Mingguan 賈明觀

Attested AD 766 - AD 771

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jia Mingguan was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Cause flogged to death by Lu Sigong 杖殺 · Authority Lu Sigong (路嗣恭)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 90

Attested activity

AD 766 to AD 771 大歷中
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 85-86
AD 771 大歷六年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 90-91

Career and standing

junior clerk for apprehending thieves in Wannian 萬年縣捕賊小胥
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 85

Places and affiliations

At Jiangxi 江西 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 86

Events and relationships

Relation Client of · Person Yu Chao'en (魚朝恩)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 85
Relation Client of · Person Liu Xixian (劉希暹)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 85

Assessments and attributes

Assessment cruel violence fiercer than wolves and vipers · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 85

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 5 passages

賈明觀者，本萬年縣捕賊小胥，事劉希暹，恃魚朝恩之勢，恣行兇忍，毒甚豺虺。 Jia Mingguan had been a junior clerk for apprehending thieves in Wannian county; he served Liu Xixian and, relying on the eunuch Yu Chao'en's power, committed cruelties more vicious than wolves or vipers.

朝恩、希暹既誅，元載當權，納明觀奸謀，容之，特令江西效力。 After Chao'en and Xixian were executed, Yuan Zai held power, took Mingguan's treacherous counsel, sheltered him, and specially ordered him to serve in Jiangxi.

明觀未出城，百姓萬眾聚於城外，皆懷磚石候之，期投擊以快意。 Mingguan had not yet left the city when tens of thousands of commoners gathered outside the walls with bricks and stones, waiting to strike him down and vent their rage.

載聞之，特令所由吏擁百姓入城內，由是獲免。 When Zai heard of it, he specially ordered subordinate officials to drive the crowd back into the city, and so Mingguan escaped harm.

及路嗣恭代少遊，到州，即日杖殺，識者以是減魏之名，多路之政。 When Lu Sigong replaced Shaoyou and reached the prefecture, he had Mingguan flogged to death that same day. The knowing held that this diminished Wei's reputation and enhanced Lu's.