Pei Yaoqing

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1. 684 國子監主簿
2. 684 府丞
3. 713 縣令 開元
4. 724 州刺史 開元
5. 725 州刺史 開元
6. 726 州刺史 開元
7. 728 州刺史 開元
8. 732 州刺史 開元
9. 732 未詳 開元
10. 733 同中書門下平章事 開元
11. 733 水陸轉運使 開元
12. 733 黃門侍郎 開元
13. 734 侍中 開元
14. 742 右僕射 天寶
15. 736 宰相

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• 文獻 諡號
• 渙之 字
• 渙之(子渙) 字

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• 詩人
• [宰相]

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1. [1] Name and dates The name Pei Yaoqing and the years 681 and 743 are given consistently across the three person records.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The main person record gives the English name and the years 681 and 743.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The profile and two biographical entries give the same name, birth year, and death year.
   • WikidataPei Yaoqing (Q1564717)The English label and the date statements identify Pei Yaoqing as living from 681 to 743.
2. [2] Identity Pei Yaoqing is identified as a Tang chancellor, official, and poet.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The person record identifies the dynasty as Tang and lists the statuses poet and chancellor.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographical entries describe his Tang career in high office and state that he wrote poetry and prose.
   • WikidataPei Yaoqing (Q1564717)The English description identifies him as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
3. [3] Courtesy name and variants His courtesy name appears as Huanzhi, represented by 煥之 and 渙之, with the additional form 渙之（子渙）.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The alternate-name records classify 渙之 and 渙之(子渙) as courtesy names.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The three biographical entries use both 煥之 and 渙之 for his courtesy name.
   • WikidataPei Yaoqing (Q1564717)The English and Chinese name forms, together with the character-name statements, preserve Huanzhi, 煥之, 渙之, and 渙之(子渙).
4. [4] Ancestral origin His origin is given both as Jishan in Jiangzhou and as Wenxi in Hedong; Wenxi is identified with present-day Wenxi, Shanxi.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The address records list Jishan as the basic ancestral place and Wenxi as an alternative.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The profile gives Jiangzhou Jishan, while a biographical entry gives Hedong Wenxi and identifies it as present-day Wenxi, Shanxi.
5. [5] Family background Pei Shouzhen was his father and had served as governor of Ningzhou; Pei Yaoqing was also identified as Pei Ziyu's younger brother.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The kinship record identifies Pei Shouzhen as his father.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies identify him as Pei Ziyu's younger brother and name Pei Shouzhen as his father, a Ningzhou governor.
6. [6] Child prodigy examination and early posts At eight he was selected as a child prodigy and entered the child examination; at twenty he received posts as a Palace Library proofreader and an assistant in Prince Xiang's household.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The examination record lists the child examination, and the office records list the Palace Library proofreader and the household post.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies state that he was selected as a child prodigy at eight and then held the early posts in the Palace Library and Prince Xiang's household.
7. [7] Ruizong-era career After Ruizong's accession, he held posts in the Directorate of Education, the Office of the Heir Apparent, Henan Prefecture, the Examination Office, the Right Administrative Office, and the Ministry of War.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The office records list the Directorate of Education, assistant-director, Henan staff, Examination Office, Right Administrative Office, and Ministry of War posts.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies give the same sequence from Ruizong's accession through the posts in Henan, the Examination Office, the Right Administrative Office, and the Ministry of War.
8. [8] Local administration As magistrate of Chang'an he addressed abuses in the assigned-market system, then governed Ji, Xuan, and Ji prefectures, entered the Ministry of Revenue, and became Jingzhao Yin.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The office records list the Chang'an magistracy, the three prefectural governorships, the vice-ministerial post in Revenue, and Jingzhao Yin.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies describe the advance payment under the market system, the removal of its abuses, his benevolent administration in the three prefectures, and his later central appointments.
9. [9] Transport proposal As Jingzhao Yin in 732, he proposed expanding grain transport, provisioning the Guanzhong region, and establishing granaries, tax collection, and water-and-land transport; Xuanzong approved the plan.
   • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biography attributes the transport proposal and its approval to his tenure as Jingzhao Yin.
   • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The office record confirms his appointment as Jingzhao Yin.
10. [10] Chancellorship and transport commission In 733 he became Huangmen shilang, held the Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi chancellorship title, and served as transport commissioner; in 734 he became Shizhong.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The office records list Huangmen shilang, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, the water-and-land transport commission, and Shizhong.
    • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies give the appointments in 733 and 734 and identify the concurrent chancellorship and transport commission.
11. [11] Transport results His staged grain shipments produced seven million dan of reserves within three years and saved 300,000 strings of cash in transport costs.
    • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biography reports staged transport, seven million dan of accumulated grain, and savings of 300,000 strings within three years.
12. [12] Removal from government and enfeoffment In 736 he left active government affairs; the office is given as either Shangshu zuo chengxiang or Shangshu youcheng, and he was enfeoffed as Marquis of Zhaocheng.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The office records list Shangshu zuo chengxiang and the Zhaocheng marquisate.
    • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies give both Shangshu zuo chengxiang and Shangshu youcheng for this transition, state that he left government affairs, and mention the Zhaocheng enfeoffment; the title list contains both offices.
13. [13] Vice-director appointments In 742 he was first advanced to the left vice-director post and soon transferred to the right; another account summarizes the appointment as repeated service as right vice director.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The office records list a right vice-director appointment beginning in 742 and also list the left vice-director post.
    • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies differ between a general statement of repeated appointment as right vice director and the more specific sequence from left to right in 742.
14. [14] Death and posthumous honors He died in 743 at sixty-three and was posthumously named Wenxian; the posthumous honors are represented as Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent or Sikong, and his burial place is Jishan.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The person record gives the death year, posthumous name, Jishan as burial place, and an additional Sikong title.
    • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The biographies give the death, posthumous name, age sixty-three, and the grant of Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent; the title list and an epitaph title also show Sikong.
    • WikidataPei Yaoqing (Q1564717)The date statement gives 743 and the English alias list includes Wenxian.
15. [15] Children and descendant The kinship data name six sons, record two further sons without personal names, and identify Pei Ji as an eighth-generation descendant.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The kinship records list six named sons, two sons labeled Pei Mou, and the eighth-generation descendant Pei Ji.
16. [16] Poetry and prose He wrote poetry and prose, and two poems survive.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The status record identifies him as a poet.
    • Souyun裴耀卿 (19876)The literary entry states that he wrote poetry and prose and that two poems survive.
17. [17] Associations and poetic exchange In 737 he joined the gathering at the Wei family's Xiaoyao Valley with six named contemporaries and took part in poetic exchange; he presented poems and prose to Zhang Jiuling and received such works from Wang Wei.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The association records place the banquet in 737, name the six companions, describe the poetic exchange, and record exchanges with Zhang Jiuling and Wang Wei.
18. [18] Epitaph In 740 he composed an epitaph for Dou Xiqiu.
    • CBDBPei Yaoqing (11765)The association record dates his composition of an epitaph for Dou Xiqiu to 740.