Born during the Later Liang, Xue Juzheng was said to be studious and ambitious from a young age. In 934 during the Later Tang Xue failed the imperial examination and wrote "An Essay to Dispel Sorrows" (遣愁文), which was much praised. He passed the imperial examination the following year.[2]
After the Later Jin destroyed the Later Tang in 937, Xue served on the staff of Liu Suining (劉遂凝), the military governor of Hua Prefecture. In 941, he was recommended by Liu Suining's older cousin Liu Suiqing (劉遂清) and became a patrolling inspector for the Salt Monopoly. In 944, he served as a judge in the Bureau of General Accounts. When Li Song became the director for the Salt Monopoly, Xue served on his staff. Xue also received a position in the Court of Judicial Review, and subsequently he was made a reminder official in the Secretariat. In 946, when Sang Weihan was made the prefect of Kaifeng, Xue joined him as an administrative assistant.[2]
During the Later Han, Xue once saved a commoner from execution. The man was accused of violating salt laws, but Xue found the evidence unconvincing. After further questioning he discovered bad blood between the defendant and the accuser, a minor government functionary who eventually admitted to making false accusations.[2]
After Later Zhou's founding in 951, Xue was made vice director of the Bureau of Review, also in charge of all judges in the State Finance Commission.
During the Song dynastyedit
When the Song dynasty replaced the Later Zhou in 960, Xue took service with the new dynasty as he had with dynasties prior to the new rulers of northern China. During the first two decades of the Song, Xue set about to compiling a history of the Five Dynasties.
Entitled Five Dynasties History, the main purpose of the work was to reinforce the claim of the Song to the Mandate of Heaven from the Tang dynasty through the Five Dynasties to the reigning Song.
Death and legacyedit
Xue did not live much longer than after compilation of the Five Dynasties History in 974, dying in 981. However, his legacy of writing a history of a previous era of Chinese history for the purpose of bolstering the current patron dynasty would be repeated later in Chinese history, notably with the Yuan dynasty’s writing of the History of Liao.
Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). 《宋史》 [History of Song] (in Literary Chinese).
Li, Tao (1183). 《續資治通鑑長編》 [Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian] (in Literary Chinese).
April 10, 2024
juzheng, this, chinese, name, family, name, july, courtesy, name, ziping, scholar, official, successively, served, later, later, later, zhou, song, dynasties, chief, ministers, song, dynasty, from, until, death, 薛居正from, 18th, century, genealogy, bookchief, mi. In this Chinese name the family name is Xue Xue Juzheng c 912 12 July 981 courtesy name Ziping was a scholar official who successively served the Later Jin Later Han Later Zhou and Song dynasties He was one of the chief ministers of the Song dynasty from 973 until his death Xue Juzheng薛居正from an 18th century genealogy bookChief minister of the Song dynastyIn office October 17 973 1 July 12 981Serving with Shen Lun Lu DuoxunMonarchsEmperor Taizu Emperor TaizongPersonal detailsBornc 912 2 Xunyi County Kaifeng Later LiangDiedJuly 12 981 981 07 12 aged 68 69 3 Kaifeng Song EmpireChildrenXue Weiji 薛惟吉 adopted sonParentXue Renqian 薛仁謙 father Xue JuzhengChinese薛居正TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinXue JuzhengWade GilesHsueh1 Chu1 cheng4Xue ZipingChinese薛子平TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinXue ZǐpingXue is best known today for being the lead author of the monumental history book Old History of the Five Dynasties 974 Contents 1 During the Five Dynasties 2 During the Song dynasty 3 Death and legacy 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 SourcesDuring the Five Dynasties editBorn during the Later Liang Xue Juzheng was said to be studious and ambitious from a young age In 934 during the Later Tang Xue failed the imperial examination and wrote An Essay to Dispel Sorrows 遣愁文 which was much praised He passed the imperial examination the following year 2 After the Later Jin destroyed the Later Tang in 937 Xue served on the staff of Liu Suining 劉遂凝 the military governor of Hua Prefecture In 941 he was recommended by Liu Suining s older cousin Liu Suiqing 劉遂清 and became a patrolling inspector for the Salt Monopoly In 944 he served as a judge in the Bureau of General Accounts When Li Song became the director for the Salt Monopoly Xue served on his staff Xue also received a position in the Court of Judicial Review and subsequently he was made a reminder official in the Secretariat In 946 when Sang Weihan was made the prefect of Kaifeng Xue joined him as an administrative assistant 2 During the Later Han Xue once saved a commoner from execution The man was accused of violating salt laws but Xue found the evidence unconvincing After further questioning he discovered bad blood between the defendant and the accuser a minor government functionary who eventually admitted to making false accusations 2 After Later Zhou s founding in 951 Xue was made vice director of the Bureau of Review also in charge of all judges in the State Finance Commission During the Song dynasty editWhen the Song dynasty replaced the Later Zhou in 960 Xue took service with the new dynasty as he had with dynasties prior to the new rulers of northern China During the first two decades of the Song Xue set about to compiling a history of the Five Dynasties Entitled Five Dynasties History the main purpose of the work was to reinforce the claim of the Song to the Mandate of Heaven from the Tang dynasty through the Five Dynasties to the reigning Song Death and legacy editXue did not live much longer than after compilation of the Five Dynasties History in 974 dying in 981 However his legacy of writing a history of a previous era of Chinese history for the purpose of bolstering the current patron dynasty would be repeated later in Chinese history notably with the Yuan dynasty s writing of the History of Liao References editCitations edit Song Shi ch 210 a b c d Song Shi ch 264 Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian ch 22 Sources edit Toqto a et al eds 1345 宋史 History of Song in Literary Chinese Li Tao 1183 續資治通鑑長編 Extended Continuation toZizhi Tongjian in Literary Chinese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Xue Juzheng amp oldid 1168671254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
