Cui Anqian

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Cui Anqian (崔安潛), courtesy name Jinzhi (進之), was an official and general of the Chinese Tang dynasty, who was a participant in Tang's campaigns against the agrarian rebels Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao.

Background and early career

It is not known when Cui Anqian was born. He was from the prominent Cui clan of Qinghe (清河, in modern

Liu Song, Northern Wei, Northern Qi, and the Tang dynasty. Cui Anqian's grandfather Cui Yi (崔異) served as a prefectural prefect, and his father Cui Cong (崔從) served as a regional governor and was created the Count of Qinghe. He had at least three older brothers, Cui Yanfang (崔彥方), Cui Shenyou (who would later serve as chancellor), and Cui Zhoushu (崔周恕), and at least one younger brother, Cui Yanchong (崔彥沖).[1]

Cui Anqian passed the

Emperor Xuānzong.[2] During the reign of Emperor Xuānzong's son Emperor Yizong, he would successively serve as the governor (觀察使, Guanchashi) of Jiangxi Circuit (江西, headquartered in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi) and then the military governor (Jiedushi) of Zhongwu Circuit (忠武, headquartered in modern Xuchang, Henan)[3] as well as the prefect of Zhongwu's capital Xu Prefecture (許州).[2]

During Emperor Xizong's reign

During the reign of Emperor Yizong's son Emperor Xizong, the Tang realm became overrun by agrarian rebels. In 876, Cui Anqian, pursuant to Emperor Xizong's orders, sent troops under his officer Zhang Zimian (張自勉) to combat the major agrarian rebel Wang Xianzhi.[4] In 877, however, Emperor Xizong ordered Zhang Zimian to transfer his 7,000 men to another Zhongwu officer, Zhang Guan (張貫), who was to serve under the overall commander of the operations against Wang, Song Wei (宋威)—who, for reasons lost to history, had long despised Zhang Zimian. The chancellor Zheng Tian objected, pointing out that giving the Zhongwu troops to Song would leave Cui and Zhongwu Circuit defenseless;[5] as a result, Emperor Xizong had Zhang Zimian give 4,000 of his soldiers to Song, while allowing him to return to Zhongwu with 3,000 men.[3]

Cui was subsequently transferred to Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern

Crown Prince (even though there was no crown prince at the time), and sent to the eastern capital Luoyang.[3]

After the major agrarian rebel

Yuncheng, Shanxi), submitted a letter supporting Li Yun's claim, along with other imperial officials then at Hezhong. He appeared to suffer no reprisals after both Li Yun and Zhu were killed later in the year, however.[8]

During Emperor Zhaozong's reign

In 889, by which time Emperor Xizong's brother Emperor Zhaozong was emperor, Wang Jingwu the military governor of Pinglu Circuit (平盧, headquartered in modern Weifang, Shandong) died. Most of Wang's officers supported his son Wang Shifan as his successor, but one of his officers, Zhang Chan (張蟾) the prefect of Di Prefecture (棣州, in modern Binzhou, Shandong), refused to support Wang Shifan. Emperor Zhaozong, trying to take initiative in this conflict, commissioned Cui Anqian as the military governor of Pinglu, carrying the honorary chancellor title of Shizhong (侍中). Zhang welcomed Cui to Di Prefecture and planned a campaign against Wang Shifan. The campaign apparently lasted for more than a year, but in early 891, Wang Shifan, after killing the officer Lu Hong (盧弘), who had turned against him, used the momentum to attack Di Prefecture. Di fell, and Wang killed Zhang; Cui fled back to Chang'an. Emperor Zhaozong subsequently commissioned Wang as the military governor of Pinglu.[9] Cui subsequently died, although the date is not known. He was given the posthumous name of Zhenxiao (貞孝, "faithful and filially pious").[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ New Book of Tang, vol. 72."漢川草廬-二十四史-新唐書-卷七十二‧表第十二". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-10-03."新唐書-宰相世系二(崔氏)". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  2. ^ a b c Old Book of Tang, vol. 177.
  3. ^ a b c d e f New Book of Tang, vol. 114.
  4. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 252.
  5. ^ a b Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 253.
  6. ^ a b Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 254.
  7. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 255.
  8. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 256.
  9. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 258.

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