Pei Jian (裴監) | 24 Histories

Overview

Pei Jian was a Chief administrator to Yongle in Yu and Ji provinces.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 538 to AD 548 任長史時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 17

Career and standing

Chief Administrator 長史
Held · With Yongle (永樂)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passages 17-18

Events and relationships

Remonstrated with Yongle over his greed, unheeded, and reported it to Gao Huan
Political · Remonstrator · With Yongle (永樂)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 20

Assessments and attributes

Assessment was recognized as upright and incorrupt and promoted · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 22
refused so much as a cup of wine or a chicken while entrusted by the prince
Character
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 17

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 14Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu · 3 passages

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神武問其故，對曰：「裴監為長史，辛公正為別駕，受王委寄，斗酒只雞不入。」 Gao Huan asked the reason; he replied, "Pei Jian served as chief administrator, and Xin Gongzheng as vice director — entrusted by the prince, they would not accept so much as a cup of wine or a chicken."

神武乃以永樂為濟州，仍以監、公正為長史、別駕。 Gao Huan thereupon made Yongle governor of Ji Province and again appointed Jian and Gongzheng as chief administrator and vice director.

永樂至州，監、公正諫不見聽，以狀啟神武。 When Yongle reached the province, Jian and Gongzheng remonstrated but were not heeded; they submitted a report to Gao Huan.