Wei Zheng Xuancheng

…A minister of the early Tang Dynasty in China. His pen name was Xuancheng. He was from Juluqucheng (Hebei Province). He was also called the Duke of Wei Zheng due to his title. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Mi entered the Tang Dynasty and served Emperor Gaozu's eldest son, Li Jiancheng. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Taejong When he ascended to the throne, he was favored and promoted to prime minister. He is the most famous advisor in Chinese history, and his arguments on the difficulties of maintaining his position appear in the Zhenguan Zheng Yao and Wei Zheng Gong Zhan Lu, and his poem entitled "Recollections" is placed at the beginning of the Selection of Tang Poetry. He compiled the Histories of the Five Dynasties, including the Sui Shu, and the Qunshu Zhi Yao.

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…中国，唐初の諫臣（かんしん）。字は玄成。鉅鹿曲城(河北省)の人。封爵により魏鄭公とも呼ばれる。隋末に李密，唐に入って高祖の長子，李建成に仕えたが，玄武門の変をへて太宗が即位すると，かえって重用され宰相にまでなった。中国史上もっとも有名な諫臣で，その守成の難などを説いた議論は《貞観政要》《魏鄭公諫録》にみえ，〈述懐〉と題する詩は《唐詩選》の巻首におかれている。《隋書》を含む五代史や《群書治要》を編纂した。…

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