Xue Chongyu (薛崇譽)

Overview

Xue Chongyu was an eunuch and Official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 971 五月乙未朔
Execution
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
Execution · At the capital 京
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 244

Attested activity

AD 971 五月乙未朔
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
AD 971 二月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passages 163, 173
AD 971 擒至京，與李托同戮
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 244
AD 943 to AD 958 晟署為內門使
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 242
AD 958 to AD 971 鋹嗣位
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 243

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Career and standing

chief minister 柄臣
Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 298
Grandee Equal in Honor to the Three Dukes 開府儀同三司
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 243
Inner Captain 內中尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 243
Inner Gate Commissioner and Grand Granary Commissioner 內門使兼太倉使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 242
Secretary of Inspection Bureau Affairs 簽書點檢司事
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 243
Special Advancement 特進
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 243

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Beheaded
AD 971 斬於千秋門外 · Execution · Authority Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 186
Beheaded
AD 971 五月乙未朔 · Execution
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
Captured
AD 971 二月 · Captivity
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 173
execution 戮
Suffered
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 244

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Han 南漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 298; History of Song 481, passages 173, 184, 242-243
At Qujiang in Shao Prefecture 韶州曲江
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 240

Learning and skills

Subject Sunzi's Five Methods of Calculation 孫子五曹算
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 241
Skill Sunzi's Five Methods of Calculation 孫子五曹算 · Level versed
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 241

Works and attributed material

Reported Chongche neglect of military affairs
Report · Author · With Liu Chang (劉鋹)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 251

Events and relationships

Burned granaries
AD 971 太祖命師克廣州 · Military · Arsonist · At Guangzhou 廣州
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 244
Executed
AD 971 五月乙未朔 · Legal · Condemned
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 298
Investigated army
Inspection · Envoy · With Pan Chongche (潘崇徹)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passages 250-251
Relation Minister of · Person Liu Chang (劉鋹)
Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 298
Relation Retainer of · Person Former Ruler (先主)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 184

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 173

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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斬其柄臣龔澄樞、李托、薛崇譽。 and executed his chief ministers Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, and Xue Chongyu.

History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 9 passages

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美擒鋹及龔澄樞、李托、薛崇譽與宗室文武九十七人，同縻於龍德宮。 Mei captured Chang along with Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, and ninety-seven members of the imperial clan and the civil and military elite, all held together in Longde Palace.

至京，舍於玉津園，太祖遣參知政事呂餘慶問鋹翻覆及焚府庫之罪，鋹歸罪澄樞、托、崇譽。 When he reached the capital he was lodged at Yujin Garden; Taizu sent Vice Grand Councilor Lu Yuqing to question him about his treachery and the burning of the treasuries, and Chang blamed Chengshu, Tuo, and Chongyu.

太祖命攝大理卿高繼申引澄樞、托、崇譽斬於千秋門外。 Taizu ordered Acting Chief Justice Gao Jishen to lead Chengshu, Tuo, and Chongyu out and behead them outside the Gate of a Thousand Autumns.

澄樞與李托、薛崇譽置酷法之具，民甚苦之。 Chengshu, Li Tuo, and Xue Chongyu instituted instruments of torture, and the people endured terrible suffering.

薛崇譽，韶州曲江人。 Xue Chongyu came from Qujiang in Shao Prefecture.

鋹嗣位，遷內中尉、特進、開府儀同三司、簽書點檢司事。 When Chang took the throne, Chongyu became Inner Captain, received Special Advancement and Grandee Equal in Honor to the Three Dukes, and was appointed Secretary of Inspection Bureau Affairs.

太祖命師克廣州，崇譽縱火焚倉廩，擒至京，與李托同戮。 When Taizu's army took Guangzhou, Chongyu set fire to the granaries. Captured and brought to the capital, he was executed alongside Li Tuo.

歲餘，鋹頗疑崇徹，遣薛宗譽使其軍以察之。 After a year Chang grew suspicious of Chongche and sent Xue Chongyu to his camp to investigate.

崇譽還，遂白崇徹日以伶人百餘衣錦繡、吹玉笛，為長夜之飲，不恤軍政。 On his return Chongyu reported that Chongche spent his days with more than a hundred performers in brocade robes, playing jade flutes and feasting through the night while neglecting military affairs.