Sui and Tang · Scholar

Yuan Chong 源重

Yuán Chóng

Attested AD 847 - AD 859

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Chong was a scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 847 to AD 859 宣宗時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 184, passages 121, 131

Career and standing

Examination candidate from an eminent house
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 131

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 1 passage

時王起選士三十人，而楊知至、竇緘、源重、鄭樸及嚴五人皆世胄，起以聞，詔獨收嚴。 Wang Qi then selected thirty candidates; Yang Zhizhi, Dou Jian, Yuan Chong, Zheng Pu, and Yan—five men from eminent houses—were among them; Qi reported this, and an edict ordered Yan alone accepted.