Cui Yin

Cui Yin (崔胤) (854[1] – February 1, 904[2][3]), courtesy name Chuixiu (垂休),[1][4] nickname Zilang (緇郎), formally the Duke of Wei (魏公), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong. He was one of the controversial figures in the late Tang period, who ruthlessly tried to destroy the powerful eunuchs at court and whose actions in that regard had traditionally made him regarded as one of the persons causing the demise of the dynasty at the hands of the warlord Zhu Quanzhong the military governor of Xuanwu Circuit (宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng, Henan) (who would overthrow Tang and establish his own Later Liang).

  1. ^ a b New Book of Tang, vol. 223, part 2.
  2. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 264.
  3. ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
  4. ^ The courtesy name of Chuixiu is from Cui's biography in the New Book of Tang; his biography in the Old Book of Tang gave his courtesy name as Changxia (昌遐), but appeared to have confused him with his older brother, whose name was Changxia according to the table of the chancellors' family trees in the New Book of Tang. Compare Old Book of Tang, vol. 177 with 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..