Du Ruhui

Du Ruhui
杜如晦
Portrait of Du Ruhui in the Sancai Tuhui
Born585
Xi'an, Shaanxi
Died630 (aged 44–45)
Xi'an, Shaanxi
Other names
  • Keming (克明)
  • Duke Cheng of Lai (萊成公)
OccupationStatesman
Children
  • Du Gou
  • Du He
FatherDu Zha
Relatives
  • Du Yan (uncle)
  • Du Chuke (brother)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Du.

Du Ruhui (585 – 6 May 630[1]), courtesy name Keming, posthumously known as Duke Cheng of Lai, was a Chinese official who served as a chancellor under Emperor Taizong in the early Tang dynasty. He and his colleague, Fang Xuanling, were often described as role models for chancellors in imperial China.

  1. ^ jia'shen day of the 3rd month of the 4th year of the Zhen'guan era, per Emperor Taizong's biography (vol.3) of Old Book of Tang