Pei Xu 裴谞

Other names

Family

• Child of Pei Kuan (裴寬)
  father 父 · paternal line
  father 父
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 165; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 165
• Child of Mother of Pei Xu (裴谞母)
  mother 母 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 169
• Child of Mother of Pei Xu
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 169

Career and standing

• agricultural colony aide of Xiang and Deng 襄鄧營田判官
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 169
• attendant censor 侍御史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 169
• bureau director for merit evaluation 考功郎中
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 175
• bureau director in the Left Secretariat 左司郎中
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 187
• Censor-in-chief under rebel regime 偽御史中丞
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 172
• Chief Censor 御史大夫
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 205

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 166, 175, 189
• At Luoyang in Henan 河南洛陽 · Relation Native of
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 164
• At Luoyang in Henan 河南洛陽
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 164
• At eastern capital 東都 · Relation Resided at
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 167
• At Hedong circuit 河東道 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 177
• At Henan 河南 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 206

Learning and skills

• mingjing examination 明經
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 166
• Earned
  Credential mingjing graduate 明經
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 166; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 166

Works and attributed material

• Admonition for Prison Officials 獄官箴
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 202; Old Book of Tang 130, passage 202
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0180, s0182, s0183, s0184, s0185
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 180, 182-185
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0194, s0195, s0196, s0197
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 194-197
• Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Extent s0198, s0199, s0200
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 198-200
• Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passages 198-200
• Admonition for Prison Officials 獄官箴
  Memorial · Author
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 202

Events and relationships

• Advised emperor on drought and profit
  Political · Remonstrant · With Daizong (代宗)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passages 178-186
• Blocked from censor in chief
  Political · Blocked candidate · With Yuan Zai (元載)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 177
• Brought seals on foot to mobile court
  Political · Envoy of loyalty · With Daizong (代宗)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 176
• Captured by Shi Siming
  Captivity · Captive · With Shi Siming (史思明)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 171
• Captured by
  Military · Captive · With Shi Siming (史思明)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 171
• Hid from rebels
  Military · Civilian official · With Shi Siming (史思明)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 170

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment did not fear the powerful · Mode named-source-report Speaker Dezong (德宗)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 192
• Assessment governed with mild ease; nearly approached benevolence · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 130, passage 212
• Assessment open and straightforward; disliked petty exactness · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 166
• Item seals of the merit-evaluation bureau and Southern Bureau 考功及南曹二印 · Relation Carried
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 176

Source notes

• Named envoy to Tibet but did not go
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 126, passage 205