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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131 Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 15 passages
喬琳，太原人。
Qiao Lin was a native of Taiyuan.
琳倜儻疏誕，好談諧，侮謔僚列，頗無禮檢。
Lin was free-spirited and unrestrained, fond of witty talk, and mocked his colleagues with little regard for ritual propriety.
同院御史畢耀初與琳嘲誚往復，因成釁隙，遂以公事互相告訴，坐貶巴州員外司戶。
Bi Yao, an inspector of the same bureau, at first exchanged banter with Lin until ill will arose; they then accused each other on official business and were demoted to outside secretary of household in Ba Prefecture.
琳素與張涉友善，上在春宮，涉嘗為侍讀。
Lin had long been friendly with Zhang She; when the emperor was heir apparent, She had served as his tutor.
及嗣位，多以政事詢訪於涉，盛稱琳識度材略，堪備大用，因拜御史大夫、平章事。
When he succeeded to the throne he often consulted She on state affairs; She greatly praised Lin's judgment and talent as fit for high office, and Lin was appointed Grand Censor and Chief Minister.
琳本粗材，又年高有耳疾，上每顧問，對答失次，論奏不合時。
Lin was coarse material by nature, and in old age suffered from ear trouble; whenever the emperor questioned him his answers were disorderly and his memorials ill suited to the times.
再幸梁、洋，從至盩厔，托以馬乏遲留，上以琳舊老，心敬重之，慰諭頗至，以禦馬一匹給焉。
On the second journey to Liang and Yang he followed as far as Zhouzhi, pleading that his horses were exhausted and he must linger; the emperor, respecting Lin as an elder, comforted him at length and gave him an imperial horse.
令源休被公服，饋肉食，琳雖辭讓，而僧言求施。
He had Yuan Xiu wear official robes and present meat food; though Lin declined, as a monk he begged for alms.
琳掌賊中吏部，選人前請曰：「所註某官不穩便。」
Lin managed personnel selection in the rebel regime; a candidate came forward and said: "The office you registered for me is not secure."
琳謂之曰：「足下謂此選竟穩便乎？」
Lin said to him: "Do you think this selection is secure at all?"
及官軍收京師，當處極刑，時琳已七十余，李晟憫其衰老，表請減死。
When the imperial army recovered the capital he was due for the extreme penalty; Lin was already over seventy, and Li Sheng pitied his age and memorialized to commute the death sentence.
臨刑嘆曰：「喬琳以七月七日生，亦以此日死，豈非命歟！」
At the gallows he sighed: "Qiao Lin was born on the seventh day of the seventh month and dies on that day too—is this not fate!"
涉舉懷州刺史喬琳為相，上授之不疑，天下聞之者皆愕然。
She recommended Qiao Lin, prefect of Huai, as chancellor; the emperor appointed him without hesitation, and all who heard it in the realm were astonished.
數月，琳以不稱職罷，上由是疏涉。
After several months Lin was removed for incompetence, and the emperor therefore grew distant from She.
喬琳巧辭真主，俯就偽官；
Qiao Lin with clever words excused himself to the true sovereign yet stooped to accept rebel office;