Biography of Old Tang Dynasty 14 1 Cui Shanwei Biography and Translation

When Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty built Renshou Palace, Cui Shanwei led 500 craftsmen. Su Yang, the right servant, is the engineering director. He visited Cui Shanwei's residence and wanted to call the roll. Cui Shanwei was holding a roster and reciting people's names, but none of the 500 people made any mistakes. Su Yang was very surprised. Since then, there have been difficult cases in various places, and Cui Shanwei has often been sent to try them, which can be skillfully solved. During the Renshou period of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, Cui Shanwei served as the county magistrate of Loufan. Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu is a satrap and treated him with great courtesy. Cui Shanwei saw the corruption in the Sui Dynasty and privately suggested that Li Yuan take his place, which was highly praised. After Tang Gaozu's death, Cui Shanwei joined the army as the general's office secretary and became the duke of Qinghe County. During the Wude period in Tang Gaozu (AD 6 18-626), he served as a folk historian and senior minister, Zuo Cheng, with a good reputation. The junior officials hated him because he was short and camel, so they made up a jingle to scold him: "Mr. Cui is bent like a hook, sealed for many years, with no neck on his shoulders and a long head on his chest." After hearing this, Gao Zu Li Yuan consoled and said, "Shallow villains hate integrity the most. Once upon a time, at the end of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the treacherous court official made up songs and cursed the moon. Gao Wei was fatuous and killed the whole family. Although I am not smart, I will never do such a thing. " So he offered a reward to track down and punish those who made rumors. At that time, Fu published "Five-Tone Yuanli", and there were many comments at that time, with mixed comments. Li also pointed out the mistakes and shortcomings of 18. On the orders of the emperor, the advantages and disadvantages of Fu and Li were investigated and discussed many times. In the early years of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan, Cui Shanwei was appointed as the secretariat of Shaanxi. At that time, the imperial court talked about letting people from densely populated areas move to sparsely populated areas. Cui Shanwei said in the above table: "The population near the capital is dense, and all young and middle-aged men are incorporated into the military government. If they are allowed to move out of the customs at will, it will be empty near the capital, which is really not a good idea. " So immigration didn't happen. Cui Shanwei later served as secretary of Dali Temple and secretary of Sinon, and his work was competent. However, due to his bad relationship with Shao Qing, he left Beijing as the secretariat of Qinzhou and died during his tenure.