Sui and Tang · Official

Yuan Banqian 員半千

Attested AD 679

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Banqian was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 679 調露初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passages 9, 14

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 14

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

員外郎員半千數為公卿稱「鷟文辭猶青銅錢，萬選萬中」，時號鷟「青錢學士」。 Supervising secretary Yuan Banqian often told the princes and ministers, saying, "Zhuo's literary compositions are like bronze cash—ten thousand choices, ten thousand hits," and the age called Zhuo the "Bronze Cash Scholar."